Article 5YQX2 US justice department challenges Alabama trans children law

US justice department challenges Alabama trans children law

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Ramon Antonio Vargas
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New state law makes it a felony to provide transgender children with certain kinds of medical care

The US justice department has joined an effort to strike down a new Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide transgender children with certain kinds of medical care.

The ban is discriminatory, violating the equal protection clause embedded in the 14th amendment to the US constitution, the federal government argued in a court filing on Friday.

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