Families around the U.S. are scrambling to navigate new laws that prohibit their transgender children and teenagers from accessing gender-affirming care.

The order requires John R. Wooden Middle School in Martinsville to allow the seventh-grader identified only as A.C. to have access to the restroom while litigation continues.

The consideration of the policy sparked public outcry and death threats towards school board members.

The court overturned a Tippecanoe County judge's ruling which relied on an 1852 law requiring public notices of changes to legal documents such as birth certificates.

Indiana Rep. Luke Messer, R-6th District, introduced federal legislation Wednesday that would block the Obama administration directive. But across Indiana, lawmakers search for answers of their own.