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….