An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth went into effect on Sunday while a federal judge weighs whether to grant a motion to put a temporary hold on it.
Highlights
- Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth went into effect on Sunday.
- A federal judge weighs whether to grant a motion to put a temporary hold on it.
- The law makes it punishable by up to 10 years in prison to provide puberty blockers, hormones and medical procedures to transgender people under 19.
- A similar but not as far-reaching law in Arkansas was blocked by the courts last year before it could go into effect.
- Transgender rights have emerged as a wedge issue in the culture wars ahead of the November midterm congressional elections.
- Republican lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills across state legislatures, the majority of them directed at trans youth.