LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — The ACLU of Kentucky has asked a court to block the section of Senate Bill 150 that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth before it goes into effect in June.
A motion was filed Monday for preliminary injunctive relief from Section 4 of Senate Bill 150, which is the part of the bill that bans essential healthcare for trans youth in Kentucky.
Section 4 of SB 150 was passed during the 2023 Kentucky General Assembly and is scheduled to go into effect June 29, 2023.
The motion asks the court to prohibit the ban’s implementation while the ACLU's case against the state, Doe v. Thornbury, proceeds.
Read the complete filing here.
The ACLU of Kentucky filed the motion with the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Statement from David Walls, executive director of The Family Foundation, in response to the motion for preliminary injunction:
The ACLU’s argument is legally and morally flawed and only further exposes the dangerous ideological movement seeking to mutilate children in the name of denying their biological sex. Bodily mutilation of children through surgery and chemicals, is NOT healthcare. Every Kentucky child deserves to be loved, treated with dignity, and accepted for who they are — a unique human being created in the image of God as a son or daughter.
SB 150 was duly enacted by the Kentucky General Assembly and its commonsense protections further the Commonwealth’s important governmental interests in safeguarding the health and safety of minors, upholding a parent’s duty and right to protect their child’s body and limbs from physical harm, and ensuring the integrity of the medical profession – any decision to interfere with its enforcement will constitute an act of judicial activism that will allow children to be harmed,” Walls concluded.
Read more on SB 150:
Kentucky legislature overrides Gov. Beshear's veto of Senate Bill 150
Bill sponsor and LGBTQ+ advocates speak on SB 150
ACLU speaks on lawsuit over ban on gender-affirming care
