BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has filed an emergency motion asking the U.S Supreme Court to let the state enforce a strict ban on gender-affirming treatments for minors.
“Every day Idaho’s law remains enjoined exposes vulnerable children to risky and dangerous medical procedures and infringes Idaho’s sovereign power to enforce its democratically enacted law. These procedures have lifelong, irreversible consequences, with more and more minors voicing their regret for taking this path,” the motion for stay filed in Labrador v. Poe explains.
The lawmakes it a felony for doctors to provide medical treatment to transgender minors and authorizes up to $5,000 in fines against medical professionals who provide that care. It was signed into law by Governor Brad Little last year.
However, last year a U.S. District Court in Idaho temporarily blocked that law from going into effect while the underlying case continues in federal court. The 9th US Court of Appeals upheld that decision in January.
Melissa Sue Robinson, President of The National Association for the Advancement of Transgender People, wrote the following in response to the recent motion:
Due to our Attorney General, Raul Labrador, and other officials belonging to right-wing extremist groups such as the Alliance Defending Freedom and other such organizations, we are going to counteract those legislations that target transgendered people by reopening the NAATP and organizing many protests and federal lawsuits. Stay tuned as 2024 is going to be our year. The Right Wing has gone too far with bills introduced by Bruce Skaug, and other legislators, and pushed by Raul Labrador. This includes Gov. Little who has signed such defamatory bills. — Melissa Sue Robinson, President of the NAATP
