Protesters of Kentucky Senate Bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers during a rally on the lawn of the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., March 29, 2023. A federal judge temporarily blocked Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths on Wednesday, June 28, taking the action shortly before the measure was set to take effect. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the 2023 law banning certain gender affirming medical care for transgender minors. 

This comes more than a month after the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to keep Kentucky’s ban on treatments like hormones for trans minors in place. 

The ACLU of Kentucky says it will file the petition Thursday or Friday. It is filing on behalf of seven transgender children and families alongside the National Center for Lesbian Rights. 

Kentucky’s ban is part of Senate Bill 150, which also bans surgeries like phalloplasty, vaginoplasty or hysterectomies and vasectomies on transgender children. Neither the ACLU nor Kentucky LGBTQ+ organizations have taken issue with that part of the law.  

Corey Shapiro, legal director for the ACLU of Kentucky, called the ban “extreme political interference in the doctor-patient relationship” in a statement. 

“We are asking the Supreme Court to reverse the Sixth Circuit’s decision so that our clients can continue receiving the necessary, effective health care recommended by their physicians and supported by their parents,” Shapiro said. “It’s time to stop criminalizing health care, interfering with personal decisions, and substituting political agendas for the expertise of health care professionals.” 

This story will update. 

This story originally appeared at kentuckylantern.com.