INDIANAPOLIS – A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether to temporarily block a ban prohibiting Hoosier parents from pursuing gender-affirming care for their transgender children.
Plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana urged Judge James Patrick Hanlon to issue a preliminary injunction in the case stopping the new legislation, Senate Enrolled Act 480, from becoming law on July 1.
Hanlon, who sits on the bench for the Southern District of Indiana, assured both parties he would issue a ruling “as soon as possible.”
“I don’t think we can predict what he’s going to do but he certainly asked very incisive questions of both sides,” Fisher told the press following the hearing.
Kenneth Falk, the ACLU’s legal director, seemed more confident that the plaintiffs (transgender children and their parents) would prevail based on similar cases in other states.
“Every other case has looked at a statute similar to this and in other states the courts have entered a preliminary injunction,” Falk said following the hearing. “I’m hoping that’s what happens but we’ll have to see what the judge’s decision is.”
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