Alabama Families Drop Legal Challenge to State Law Banning Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Minors

Families in Alabama dropped a legal challenge to the state law that bans transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, a decision that was celebrated by the state’s attorney general.

The plaintiffs on Thursday filed a stipulation of dismissal to end their federal lawsuit filed in 2022. The Alabama law makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison to treat people under age 19 with puberty blockers or hormones to help affirm their gender identity.

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