Alabama is moving to prohibit transgender medication and surgeries for minors just days after the landmark Supreme Court case overturning Roe v. Wade.
The state is among the first to cite Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to argue for banning sex-change surgery for minors, according to the Associated Press. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office is asking for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift an injunction to allow Alabama to enforce a state law making it a felony to give puberty blockers or hormones to minors, arguing transitioning for minors is not a constitutional right or “deeply rooted in our history or traditions.”
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Early this spring, Alabama’s state legislature passed a bill criminalizing sex-changing procedures for minors in the state, which was then signed by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) before a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the measure.
Alabama could be at the forefront of other states pursuing a similar course of action. Last week, the Texas GOP adopted a platform that included support for banning transgender medication and surgery for minors, along with forbidding “Drag Queen Story Hour” events at Texas schools and libraries.
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Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) indicated support for legislation banning children from attending such events.
“We have protections for children from interacting with a stripper, putting dollar bills in their underwear. The same thing should happen if it’s a grown man wearing women’s underwear. Children shouldn’t be able to do that,” Slaton told the Washington Examiner.
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“What needs to be banned in Texas is the counseling, the prescription of medication, and the actual procedures themselves. All of it needs to be banned. It is all child abuse. These children, a lot of times prepuberty, are having life-altering drugs or procedures done on them that are irreversible — irreversible — and will put them on a path of constant medical care,” he continued.
Just last year, 16 states considered or passed bills banning certain treatments for transgender minors.
