Federal Court Blocks Georgia’s Ban on Hormone Therapy for Inmates: A Dangerous Overreach

In a troubling decision that threatens state authority and taxpayer interests, U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert has permanently blocked Georgia’s law banning hormone therapy for transgender inmates. The ruling forces the state to continue providing gender-affirming hormone treatments, despite strong legislative efforts to protect public funds and uphold common-sense policies. When Judicial Activism Trumps State Sovereignty Georgia lawmakers, led by Republican Senator Randy Robertson, acted decisively earlier this year by enacting Senate Bill 185, which prohibits using public money for hormone therapy, gender-transition surgeries, or other procedures modifying sexual characteristics within the state prison system. Governor Brian Kemp rightly...