Dr. Stanley Goldfarb Comments on SCOTUS Decision to Uphold Idaho Ban on Gender Transitions for Minors

On Monday, April 15, the Supreme Court ruled that the State of Idaho can enforce its ban on gender transitions for minors. The ban applies to all Idaho healthcare providers, with the limited exception of the doctors prescribing cross-sex hormones to the two plaintiffs in the case.

In response, Do No Harm Board Chair Dr. Stanley Goldfarb stated:

“This is a welcome development that ensures the State of Idaho can protect the vast majority of its children from these dangerous and wholly unproven medical interventions while the case proceeds.

The Court rejected the argument that these two plaintiffs could prevent the State of Idaho from enforcing its ban against other doctors or other interventions—meaning that Idaho’s ban on surgeries for minors, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers is now in effect for everyone not involved in the case.”