An Alberta judge denies an effort by advocates to amend a court challenge seeking to overturn provincial restrictions on medical treatment for transgender youth. According to reports, the decision represents a setback in litigation involving groups that have challenged Alberta’s approach to care and its limits on certain medical interventions for young people who are transgender. CBC and Global News report that the judge’s ruling blocks the proposed amendment, meaning the case proceeds without the changes sought by the applicants. Global News identifies the groups Egale and Skipping Stone as among those pursuing the challenge. The outlets frame the matter as “one round” in an ongoing legal fight, indicating the litigation continues despite the court’s refusal to allow the amendment. The reports do not indicate that the judge has ruled on the merits of whether the underlying restrictions are lawful or unconstitutional; rather, the ruling concerns the procedural request to modify the challenge. The Alberta government is named as the respondent in the dispute over the province’s transgender medical law.