Federal judge blocks Alabama law criminalizing medical care for transgender youth

Transgender youth in Alabama can once again receive medical treatment for gender dysphoria as a federal judge has issued an injunction against the Alabama law seeking to criminalize the care.

U.S. District Judge Liles Burke, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, allowed the law to go into effect last Sunday while he crafted his decision, which he released Friday night.

Burke found that the plaintiffs are substantially likely to win their case on multiple grounds.

“Parent Plaintiffs are substantially likely to show that they have a fundamental right to treat their children with transitioning medications subject to medically accepted standards and that the Act infringes on that right,” Burke wrote in the ruling. “The Act prevents Parent Plaintiffs from choosing that course of treatment for their children by criminalizing the use of transitioning medications to treat gender dysphoria in minors, even at the independent recommendation of a licensed pediatrician.”

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(Alabama Political Reporter)