The Department of Justice warns states to not block gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Protestors in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice is reminding all states that there are federal constitutional and statutory provisions in place to protect transgender youth against discrimination, including when they are seeking gender-affirming care.
The letter, issued on the International Transgender Day of Visibility, should serve as a reminder “of several important federal constitutional and statutory obligations that flow from these fundamental principles.” Gov. Doug Ducey, of Arizona, also signed into law a bill limiting healthcare for transgender youth even when doctors say that the treatment is medically necessary and lifesaving.
His directive came just days after the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, issued an opinion stating that such “procedures and treatments” could legally constitute “child abuse when performed on minor children.”
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