DOJ challenges Alabama law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Axios

The Justice Department filed a complaint Friday challenging a recently enacted Alabama law that criminalizes certain types of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

Driving the news: The DOJ alleges that the law, one of dozens targeting trans youth across the country, "discriminates both on the basis of sex and on the basis of transgender status, each in violation of the Equal Protection Clause."

What they're saying: "The law discriminates against transgender minors by unjustifiably denying them access to certain forms of medically necessary care ... [that are] well recognized within the medical community as medically appropriate and necessary, while imposing no comparable limitation on medically necessary care by cisgender minors," the complaint alleges.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/doj-alabama-trans-youth-care-6413b331-f67b-4eed-981c-f1ebf78ae905.html

[NullTuples]

1. The argument they've chosen is important with this Court

By putting a spotlight on the fact that these states are denying specific types of health care to trans teens that are available to cis teens, they're making it clear that this is nothing but animus toward trans people.

If the DoJ wins - and they should if the Constitution still forms the basis of our laws - this could have an interesting ripple effect.

[C Moon]

2. The justice department woke up from their nap.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. From MSNBC: 'Do Not Be Afraid': Alabama Democrat Fights GOP's Anti-LGBTQ Bill - The Last Word

MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart speaks to Alabama Democrat State Representative Neil Rafferty about the news that the Justice Dept. has filed a lawsuit to challenge a controversial law banning gender-affirming care for transgender kids. Aired on 04/29/2022.