11th Circuit Allows Florida Transgender Health Care Ban to Continue Pending Full Appeal on Constitutionality of Law

"[E]ven if the district court were correct in its animus decision, heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause does not apply to invidious discrimination based on a non-suspect class, and '[n]either the Supreme Court nor this court has recognized transgender status as a quasi-suspect class,'" the majority opinion said.

August 28, 2024 at 05:41 PM

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Gender Diversity

Mason Lawlor

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in favor of Florida officials this week, allowing a law that bans and restricts health care for transgender minors and adults to go into effect pending a full appeal.

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