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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

DOJ sues Alabama over law criminalising gender-affirming care for transgender youth

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The US Department of Justice is suing the state of Alabama over its first-in-the-nation law that criminalises gender-affirming care for transgender children.

The DOJ filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Alabama on Friday alleging that the law violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause by discriminating against people “on the basis of sex and transgender status”.

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