The Department of Justice under the Biden administration filed a complaint on Friday to challenge a new Alabama law that bans certain transgender procedures and substances for people under 18.
The Justice Department’s complaint (pdf) alleges that the new Alabama law “violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause” by discriminating on the basis of sex and transgender status. The department asked the court to issue an immediate order to prevent the law from going into effect.
“S.B. 184 makes it a felony for any person to ‘engage in or cause’ specified types of medical care for transgender minors. S.B. 184 thus discriminates against transgender youth by denying them access to certain forms of medically necessary care,” the department said in a release announcing the complaint.
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