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| Region | Indiana |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal, but banned for minors |
| Start Date | Feb 27, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. The law was set to go into effect on July 1st, 2023, however on June 16, 2023, a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from taking effect. Several months later on February 27, 2024, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, allowing the ban to be enforced. |
| Sources | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168323019/the-governors-from-indiana-and-idaho-sign-bans-on-gender-affirming-care https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Making the correct date
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| Start Date | Jul 1, 2023 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Description | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. The law went into effect on July 1st, 2023. | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. The law was set to go into effect on July 1st, 2023, however on June 16, 2023, a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from taking effect. Several months later on February 27, 2024, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, allowing the ban to be enforced. |
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| Sources | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#:~:text=INDIANAPOLIS%2C%20Ind.,will%20now%20take%20effect%20immediately. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168323019/the-governors-from-indiana-and-idaho-sign-bans-on-gender-affirming-care https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168323019/the-governors-from-indiana-and-idaho-sign-bans-on-gender-affirming-care https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Changing date to when it went into effect and proving source that shows that
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| Start Date | Apr 5, 2023 | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Description | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. The law went into effect on July 1st, 2023. |
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| Sources | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#:~:text=INDIANAPOLIS%2C%20Ind.,will%20now%20take%20effect%20immediately. https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#:~:text=INDIANAPOLIS%2C%20Ind.,will%20now%20take%20effect%20immediately. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168323019/the-governors-from-indiana-and-idaho-sign-bans-on-gender-affirming-care https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details |
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| Status | Legal, but banned for minors |
| Start Date | Apr 5, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | SB 480 effectively banning gender affirming care for minors, adults still can get gender affirming care. Minors are not able to get gender affirming care under this bill even with parental consent. Doctors who preform gender affirming care will be subject to fines or more under Indiana law. |
| Sources | https://www.aclu-in.org/en/press-releases/seventh-circuit-allows-indianas-ban-care-transgender-youth-take-effect#:~:text=INDIANAPOLIS%2C%20Ind.,will%20now%20take%20effect%20immediately. https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/480/details |