The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new Alabama law that criminalizes certain medical care for transgender children, marking the first time the agency has sued a state over restrictions on gender-affirming care.
that criminalizes certain medical care for transgender children, marking the first time the agency has sued a state over restrictions on gender-affirming care., filed in U.S. District Court in Alabama, asks the court to block the law from taking effect, arguing it violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause "by discriminating on the basis of sex and transgender status."
In a statement, Ivey said she signed the bill because she believes that “if the Good Lord made you a boy, you are a boy, and if he made you a girl, you are a girl.” Ivey also enacted a bill that would prohibit transgender students from using school facilities divided by sex that align with their gender identities.
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