Parents of four transgender children filed a lawsuit against a Georgia law banning most sex reassignment surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for minors.
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The federal lawsuit filed Thursday night requests that a judge permanently block the law amid concerns that its enforcement could have negative effects on transgender minors. Supporters of the law argued otherwise, stating that it keeps children from making decisions they could later regret. The law does allow doctors to prescribe puberty-blocking medications and minors who are already receiving hormone therapy may continue receiving such treatment.minors already on puberty blockers will not be able to proceed to hormone therapy.
The law was passed earlier this year by the GOP-controlled General Assembly before Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed it.
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