Amid a continuous battle in many states across the U.S. over the ban on transgender health care for youth, a transgender 9-year-old is suing North Carolina for access to gender-affirming medical care.As of August, at least 22 states have enacted laws banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors and most of the bans are being challenged in court, according to the Associated Press.
Newsweek has reached out to the North Carolina Medical Board and Roy Cooper via email for further comment.This comes after many conservative states have continued to push for gender-affirming restrictions, especially regarding minors as supporters of the bans argue that transgender people should wait until they are legally adults before making these decisions.