Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) urged a federal court to drop its block on the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth arguing such care is not protected by the Constitution.
Driving the news: Marshall used the U.S Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to suggest that since the court rejected the idea that abortion cannot be protected under the 14th Amendment because it’s not “deeply rooted” in the nation’s history, the same could be said about access to gender-affirming care.
Context: Alabama’s S.B. 184 makes it a felony for any person to “engage in or cause” specified types of medical care for trans youth, threatening criminal prosecution to doctors, parents, guardians and any else who attempts to provide that care to a minor.
Source: Axios
