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2018年11月6日，美国堪萨斯州托皮卡市，共和党州长候选人克里斯·科比在选举之夜派对上向支持者致意，距离投票结束不久。路透社/戴夫·考普/档案照片
纽约，5月16日（路透社）——堪萨斯州一名法官已临时叫停该州一项禁止为未成年人提供跨性别治疗的法律。
州地区法官卡尔·福尔瑟姆三世批准了两名青少年父母提出的禁制令申请，这对父母希望继续为孩子提供药物跨性别治疗。福尔瑟姆的裁决暂停了一项新近获批的禁止此类治疗的州法律的执行。
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根据法庭文件和代理原告的美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）的一份声明，法官在周五的裁决中支持了提起诉讼以叫停该法律的青少年父母，称父母有权为子女的医疗健康做出决策。
美国公民自由联盟律师哈珀·塞尔丁在一份声明中表示：“对于我们的客户和堪萨斯州全州的家庭来说，这是极大的宽慰。”
据当地媒体报道，堪萨斯州总检察长克里斯·W·科比计划对该裁决提起上诉。如果福尔瑟姆的禁制令得以维持，其效力将持续至诉讼结束。
据《纽约时报》报道，共和党人科比称该裁决“是司法激进主义的鲜明例证”。
堪萨斯州共和党控制的州议会于今年1月推翻民主党州长劳拉·凯利的否决，通过了这项法律，禁止为被诊断为性别烦躁的跨性别青年提供激素治疗和青春期抑制剂等性别确认医疗服务。
尽管美国最高法院去年裁定各州可以禁止为未成年人提供性别确认医疗服务，但引发周五禁制令的诉讼辩称，堪萨斯州的这项法律违反了州宪法。
由凯利任命的福尔瑟姆认为，该诉讼“有极大可能胜诉”。
福尔瑟姆写道：“具体而言，法院认定原告很可能胜诉……依据是堪萨斯州宪法权利法案第一条规定的个人自主权，以及父母为子女做出医疗决策的基本权利。”
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Judge blocks Kansas ban on gender-transition treatment for minors
May 16, 2026 10:58 PM UTC / Reuters
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach greets supporters shortly after the polls closed at his election night party in Topeka, Kansas, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Dave Kaup/File Photo
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) – A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state.
State District Judge Carl Folsom III granted an injunction requested by the parents of two teenagers who want to continue gender-transition treatment with medicines. Folsom’s decision halts the enforcement of a recently approved state law that banned such treatments.
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In a ruling Friday, the judge sided with the teens’ parents who sued to halt the law, saying they had the right to make decisions regarding the health of their children, according to court documents and a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the plaintiffs.
“This is an enormous relief to our clients and families across the state of Kansas,” ACLU attorney Harper Seldin said in a statement.
Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach plans to appeal the decision, according to local media reports. If Folsom’s injunction is upheld, it would last for the duration of the lawsuit.
Kobach, a Republican, called the ruling “a stark example of judicial activism,” according to The New York Times.
The Kansas law, which the Republican-controlled state legislature passed in January over Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto, prohibits gender-affirming medical treatments such as hormone therapies and pubertal suppressants for transgender youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors, the lawsuit that prompted Friday’s injunction argues that the Kansas law violates the state constitution.
Folsom, a Kelly appointee, sees a “substantial likelihood” that the lawsuit will succeed.
“Specifically, the Court concludes that Plaintiffs are likely to prevail … based on the right to personal autonomy set out in Section 1 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights and a parent’s fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children,” Folsom wrote.
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