The New York Times (5/14, Rojas) reported that on Friday, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama “blocked portions of an Alabama law that prevent medical professionals from providing care that helps transgender children and teenagers transition, making it a felony offense that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.” Burke “temporarily halted the state from enforcing parts of the law that make it a felony to prescribe hormones or puberty-blocking medication while the court challenge continued.” The Times added, “The American Medical Association has criticized legislative efforts like the Alabama law as ‘government intrusion into the practice of medicine that is detrimental to the health of transgender and gender-diverse children and adults.’”
Related Links:
— “Alabama’s Transgender Youth Can Use Medicine to Transition, Judge Rules “Rick Rojas, The New York Times, May 14, 2022