T.D. v. Wrigley
The North Dakota Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the state’s gender-affirming care ban for minors under the state constitution’s privileges and immunities and inalienable rights provisions. A trial court upheld the ban, relying on U.S. Supreme Court precedent under the federal Equal Protection Clause.
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