Trans kids & families sue Alabama over transgender medical ban

Two trans kids, their parents, and two doctors have sued Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to stop the state’s transgender medical ban from going into effect.

With help from the Southern Poverty Law Center, GLAD, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the plaintiffs argue that the transgender medical ban violates trans people’s rights under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which bans discrimination in health care.

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They also say that the law violates trans people’s constitutional Equal Protection rights since the law only bans certain procedures when trans kids need them, not when cisgender kids need them, and the procedures the law targets were picked because trans kids need them.

The parents of the trans kids allege that the law violates…

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