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Trump's Willing

to begin shooting Democrats hourly.

The Biden administration and liberal legal groups are gearing up
to battle red state laws that prohibit children from receiving
transgender hormone treatment.

Gov. Kay Ivey (R.) signed a bill into law last week that makes
Alabama the third state to ban children from receiving hormone
therapy and puberty blockers. The legislation, however, is
already in jeopardy. The Biden Justice Department in March
warned state attorneys general against enforcing hormone-
treatment bans for minors, saying they run afoul of federal anti- discrimination laws. Liberal legal groups including the American
Civil Liberties Union promised this week to "use the full force
of the law" to challenge the Alabama legislation in court—a move
that blocked a similar law in Arkansas last year.

The White House this week slammed the Alabama law, with press
secretary Jen Psaki saying during a press conference that
hormone therapy for minors is "lifesaving health care." Steve
Marshall, the Republican attorney general of Alabama, said his
state is prepared to stand up to liberal groups' legal
challenges and White House opposition, which he called
"predictable and of very little interest to Alabamians."

"It is undoubtedly difficult for the Biden administration,
including the Department of Justice, to accept that Alabama is a
sovereign state," Marshall told the Washington Free Beacon.
"We're prepared to act like it."

Alabama is just the latest state to face challenges over its
hormone-treatment ban for children. Arkansas last year became
the first state to ban the practice, but a federal court blocked
the law in response to a legal challenge from the ACLU. The
group, along with other liberal organizations such as the
Southern Poverty Law Center and Human Rights Campaign, has vowed
to challenge a similar law passed this year in Arizona. When
Texas governor Greg Abbott (R.) in February ordered state social
services to investigate parents whose children receive hormone
treatment, a Texas appeals court blocked the order following
another ACLU legal challenge.

The legal efforts come as the Biden administration last month
endorsed "gender-affirming care," including hormone therapy and sex-reassignment procedures, for transgender children, calling
the treatments "crucial" for their well-being. In the statements
commemorating "Transgender Day of Visibility," the White House
and Department of Health and Human Services cited a study from
an LGBT group funded by a hormone-drug manufacturer, the Free
Beacon reported. That same day, the Justice Department wrote the
letter to state attorneys general warning that laws preventing
children from "seeking gender-affirming care" amount to unlawful discrimination.

The Justice Department has not announced whether it will join
the liberal legal groups to challenge the Alabama or Arizona
laws. The department did not respond to a request for comment.

Despite the Biden administration's endorsement, access to
puberty blockers for minors is unpopular: It is supported by
just 49 percent of Democrats, 24 percent of independents, and 12
percent of Republicans, according to a March YouGov poll.

There is limited research about the physical and mental effects
of transgender treatment for children. Broader studies on
transgender adults show alarming rates of suicide post-
transition. A 30-year study in Sweden found that people who
transitioned are 20 times more likely to commit suicide after 10
years. The Obama administration in 2016 said there was
insufficient evidence to support transgender procedures for
Medicare recipients.

"Based on a thorough review of the clinical evidence available
at this time, there is not enough evidence to determine whether
gender reassignment surgery improves health outcomes for
Medicare beneficiaries with gender dysphoria," the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services said in 2016.

During the 2020 election, then-candidate Joe Biden said he
supported children transitioning, saying there "should be zero
discrimination" for an "8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child"
who decides to be transgender. Once in office, Biden signed an
executive order that requires federal agencies to enforce anti-
discrimination laws based on "gender identity." The Justice
Department later stated that Title IX "protects transgender
students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity"—a
move that paved the way for the Justice Department's March
letter.

Legislatures in 19 states have introduced legislation to ban
hormone treatment for minors, but Arizona, Alabama, and
Tennessee are the only states to sign the prohibitions into law.
Tennessee enacted its law last year, which bans transgender
hormone treatment prior to puberty, but transgender activists
claim the restriction is irrelevant because transgender minors
typically receive hormone therapy after they begin puberty.

TAGS: ACLU, Alabama, Arkansas, Department Of Justice, Tennessee,
Texas, Transgenderism, Faggots

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