COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The law also banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports. The state attorney general vowed an immediate appeal.

An Ohio appeals court on Tuesday blocked the state from enforcing a law banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs and hormones for gender transition in minors, finding it violated parents' rights to decide their children's medical treatment.

An Ohio court has overturned part of the state's law banning certain healthcare for transgender youth, allowing patients to again receive prescriptions like puberty blockers and hormone therapy drugs.

An appeals court has denied a Trump administration request to block a district court's ruling that directs it to rehire tens of thousands of federal workers it fired.

The order affects workers at six federal agencies, plus workers who had already been granted relief through an earlier ruling.

An appeals court rejected the Trump's request for an immediate block on a lower court ruling that reinstated thousands of fired probationary employees.