May 2022 Church & State Magazine

Ala. Law Targets Transgender Medical Care

  Ala. Law Targets Transgender Medical Care

A new Alabama law that is considered the strictest anti-transgender rights measure in the country is being challenged in court.

The measure, signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) last month, makes it illegal for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to anyone under age 19. Medical professionals who violate the law could face 10 years in prison.

Ivey cited religion in a statement defending the law.

“There are very real challenges facing our young people, especially with today’s societal pressures and modern culture,” she said. “I believe very strongly that if the Good Lord made you a boy, you are a boy, and if he made you a girl, you are a girl.”

The law faces two legal challenges, one filed by two families, and another filed by physicians.

 

BREAKING NEWS

Americans United & the National Women’s Law Center file suit to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans.

Abortion bans violate the separation of church and state. Americans United and the National Women’s Law Center—the leading experts in religious freedom and gender justice—have joined forces with thirteen clergy from six faith traditions to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans as unconstitutionally imposing one narrow religious doctrine on everyone.


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