US justice department challenges Alabama trans children law
by Ramon Antonio Vargas from US news | The Guardian on (#5YQX2)
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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