
Poe v. Drummond
What's at Stake
Families, transgender adolescents, and their medical providers are challenging a new law, signed by Governor Kevin Stitt in May 2023, that imposes criminal penalties on healthcare providers who provide age-appropriate medical care for transgender adolescents. Such restrictions are opposed by leading medical experts and organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to the Williams Institute of UCLA, there are an estimated 2,600 transgender youth ages 13-17 in Oklahoma.
Summary
In a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, a group of families with transgender adolescents and a medical provider who supports trans youth assert SB 613 unjustly and unfairly targets them and gender-affirming health care in violation of their rights under Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit also alleges that the September 2022 decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to transgender adolescents at Oklahoma University hospitals to maintain access to COVID funding relief violated both the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
SB 613 bans all forms of gender-affirming medical treatment for transgender youth and threatens providers who violate the law with a felony conviction and discipline from their professional licensing boards.
In September 2022, Oklahoma state legislators threatened to withhold COVID relief funding from Oklahoma University hospitals if they did not end their program supporting transgender youth. In March 2023, the Oklahoma legislature censured Rep. Mauree Turner, the state’s only openly nonbinary lawmaker.
Update: On May 18, 2023, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office agreed not to enforce SB 613 pending resolution of the Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in their challenge to SB 613.
Legal Documents
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07/17/2023
Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for a Protective Order -
06/16/2023
Motions to Dismiss -
- Defendants 15-53's Motion to Dismiss
- Defendants 54-55's Motion to Dismiss
- Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motions to Dismiss
- Defendants 15-53's Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- Defendants 54-55's Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- Plaintiffs' Surreply in Opposition to Defendants' Motions to Dismiss
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Motion to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/16/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 54-55's Motion to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/16/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsPlaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motions to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/07/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Reply in Support of Motion to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/21/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 54-55's Reply in Support of Motion to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/21/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsPlaintiffs' Surreply in Opposition to Defendants' Motions to DismissDownload DocumentDate Filed: 08/07/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
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06/09/2023
Statement of Interest of the United States -
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07/10/2023
Defendants 15-53's Response to the Statement of Interest of the United States
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Response to the Statement of Interest of the United StatesDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/10/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
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07/10/2023
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05/18/2023
Notice of Agreement -
05/02/2023
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
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05/02/2023
Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
06/16/2023
Defendants 54-55's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
06/16/2023
Defendants 15-53's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
07/10/2023
Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
07/17/2023
Defendants 15-53's Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction -
08/08/2023
Defendants 15-53's Surreply in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsPlaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 05/02/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 54-55's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/16/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/16/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsPlaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/10/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 07/17/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Surreply in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary InjunctionDownload DocumentDate Filed: 08/08/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
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05/02/2023
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05/02/2023
Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for a Protective Order -
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06/16/2023
Defendants 15-53's Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for Protective Order -
06/30/2023
Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for a Protective Order
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsDefendants 15-53's Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for Protective OrderDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/16/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Poe v. DrummondLegal DocumentsPlaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to Proceed Under Pseudonyms and for a Protective OrderDownload DocumentDate Filed: 06/30/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
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06/16/2023
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05/02/2023
Complaint
Date Filed: 07/17/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Date Filed: 06/09/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Date Filed: 05/18/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Date Filed: 05/02/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Date Filed: 05/02/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Date Filed: 05/02/2023
Court: District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Press Releases
Oklahoma Attorney General Signs Non-Enforcement Agreement on Health Care Ban for Trans Youth
Families, Doctors Challenge Oklahoma’s Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth