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.

The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the 10th Appellate District Court of Appeals reverses a lower court judge's decision last year allowing the law to take effect following a non-jury trial in a lawsuit against the state by families of two transgender girls.