Appeals court allows Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban to take effect

2018.06.09 Capital Pride Parade, Washington, DC USA
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A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court’s decision to block parts of Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban.

The ban originally went into effect in May 2022 and made it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to trans youth. Under the law, doctors in the state who prescribe puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to transgender minors and adults under the age of 19 could face up to 10 years in prison.

Two trans kids, their families, and two doctors then sued the state to stop the law from going into effect, alleging it violates their Equal Protection and Due Process rights under the Constitution by denying them access to health care specifically because of their identities. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke – who was appointed by former President Donald Trump – issued an injunction against the part of the law that prevented trans youth from receiving gender-affirming medication.

Burke wrote in his opinion that “the record shows that…

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