Landmark Trans-Youth Treatment Case In Arkansas Expected To Conclude This Week

TRANS-YOUTH TREATMENT CASE — The landmark trial over Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for children is expected to wind down by Friday. A psychiatrist was called to testify by the state as it defended its ban on doctors providing gender-affirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under the age of 18. A federal judge last year temporarily blocked the law, which also would have banned doctors from referring patients elsewhere for such care. The psychiatrist who testified Monday criticized the use of such care for trans youth, but also said he was concerned about the impacts of the law cutting off treatments for some children.