Republican AGs Back Alabama Ban on Medical Care for Trans Kids

May 10, 2022, 5:14 PM UTC

A group of 15 Republican attorneys general filed a brief in federal court in Alabama in support of the state’s new law criminalizing gender-affirming medical care for children.

The friend of the court brief filed Monday comes as the parties await a ruling by the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on a request for an injunction staying the law.

The law, SB-184, makes it a crime to provide medical procedures or prescribe medications, including testosterone or estrogen, in order to “alter” a minor’s gender or delay puberty. The law carries a penalty of up to 10 ...

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