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Father of Transgender Teen Testifies That North Dakota Law Stems From Ignorance

By Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Jan 30, 2025 | 6:28 AM

 South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

 

 

(Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota father told a judge that he feels state lawmakers were acting out of ignorance when they passed the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

North Dakota in 2023 made it a crime for health care professionals to provide the treatments, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, to anyone below age 18.

The father, who testified under the pseudonym Peter Roe, took the witness stand as part of a trial in a lawsuit brought by North Dakota pediatric endocrinologist Luis Casas, who is challenging the ban on behalf of himself and his patients. Casas claims the law violates personal autonomy and equal protection rights under the state constitution.

Roe, his family and two other North Dakota families with transgender children were previously plaintiffs in the case as well, but South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren ruled earlier this month that they don’t have standing to bring the challenge.

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