SB 140 is now law. The new law blocks trans youth from receiving hormone replacement therapy, as well as prohibits medical professionals from performing certain surgical procedures at hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities.
The four Georgia families who filed the lawsuit against the state, say SB 140 strips them of their right to make critical decisions about their children’s health care.
On Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Cory Isaacson, the legal director for the ACLU of Georgia, and Beth Littrell, the senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, discuss how the law discriminates against the transgender community and infringes upon constitutional rights and the pending lawsuit.
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