Alabama may enforce its ban on gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors after a federal appeals court lifted a lower court’s block on the 2022 law as the hot-button issue moves from the state legislatures to the legal system.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled Monday in favor of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall, who were sued by a group of families challenging the state law banning puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for those under 19., a Trump appointee, said the case “revolves around an issue that is surely of the utmost importance to all of the parties involved: the safety and wellbeing of the children of Alabama.
Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty, a Biden appointee, blocked enforcement Sunday of a similar Georgia law passed in March pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by parents of children who identify as the opposite sex. Twenty-one states have passed restrictions on gender-transition treatment for minors, setting up legal fights pitting parental rights and anti-discrimination claims against the state’s interest in protecting children from potentially harmful and irreversible medical procedures.
The law signed in April 2022 by Ms. Ivey makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for doctors to treat those under 19 with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.
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