A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law barring doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors. The 8-2 decision by the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court ruling. It also follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling holding that Tennessee’s similar ban did not discriminate based on sex or transgender status. Citing that ruling, the 8th Circuit’s majority

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