Federal Court Judge Blocks New Alabama Law Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids
May 23, 2022 | Alabama
A federal judge has blocked a second state from banning puberty blockers, other gender-changing drugs, and surgeries for minors.
After being passed into law by a 66–28 vote, the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act went into effect on May 7.
Less than a week later, U.S. District Court Judge Liles Burke blocked the new law, saying it was “likely unconstitutional.”
It is now the subject of a pending lawsuit filed by a windfall of opposition including several LGBTQ+ organizations, pediatricians, the ACLU, a minister, and parents of alleged transgender children including a 13-year-old girl who has identified as a boy nearly since she was a toddler.
Carmarion Anderson-Harvey, director of the Human Rights Campaign in Alabama called the measure “the most anti-transgender legislative package ever passed.”
The U.S. Department of Justice also released a statement calling the Alabama law unconstitutional…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Time)
