A federal appeals court has ruled that Arkansas may enforce its ban on minors receiving gender-affirming care, overturning a lower court's decision that found the law unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Arkansas can enforce its 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the first-in-the-nation law as unconstitutional and following a June Supreme Court decision.

The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday (Aug. 12) rejected a lower court’s action to block enactment of the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act (SAFE Act) that