Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The law also banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports.

An Ohio appeals court on Tuesday blocked the state from enforcing a law banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs and hormones for gender transition in minors, finding it violated parents' rights to decide their children's medical treatment.

An Ohio appeals court declared Tuesday that a portion of a 2023 law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors is unconstitutional, ruling that a lower court erred in deciding the law