The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have broadly banned gender-affirming care and surgery for minors.had not quickly enough appealed a state administrative board’s rejection of the proposal. If it had advanced and then passed in November, the measure would have prohibited the use of surgeries or hormone treatments on people younger than 18 unless necessary for reasons other than gender affirmation, like premature puberty or a birth defect.
That prompted the Supreme Court challenge and the court’s Monday ruling that the challenge had been filed outside the required seven-day window. The unanimous opinion was written by Justice Melissa Hart.State lawyer calls Barry Morphew prosecution a “debacle” as disciplinary hearing starts for district attorney
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