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After Skrmetti, Federal Government Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
A January 2025 executive order and the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision have given the federal government and states broad room to limit youth care.
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Where transgender lives meet law and policy: court rulings, state legislatures, executive orders and the agencies that carry them out. I report what the documents actually say, give the context, and present more than one perspective on contested questions.
A January 2025 executive order and the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision have given the federal government and states broad room to limit youth care.
Hundreds of state bills over two years have produced a sharply divided map, where a transgender person's rights increasingly depend on where they live.
Beyond the Supreme Court's high-profile rulings, several lower and state courts have limited parts of the administration's transgender policies.
In a 6–3 decision on June 30, 2026, the justices allowed West Virginia and Idaho to bar transgender girls and women from female school…
Executive Order 14168 directed federal agencies to recognize only two sexes. The passport policy it produced is now in effect while litigation continues.
Litigation and appellate rulings, state legislation, federal executive action and agency rulemaking — anything where policy changes the practical conditions of transgender life.
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