Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is working to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order banning federal agencies from funding sex-change procedures for minors.
In amicus briefs filed in the Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, the state’s top law enforcement official led twenty-three other attorneys general from across the country in litigation addressing the hot-button issue exacerbated by the Biden Administration.
The appeals are in response to preliminary injunctions entered by district courts in Washington and Maryland earlier this year in lawsuits filed by the State of Washington and plaintiffs represented by the ACLU and Lambda Legal.
“Even though President Trump is in office, common sense and constitutional principles are under constant assault by radical leftist groups like the ACLU, who are now asking federal courts to force taxpayers to fund sex-change procedures on children—an unconscionable demand that ignores overwhelming medical, legal, and moral concerns,” Marshall said in a Monday press release.
According to the Attorney General, liberal organizations remain dependent on disproven information as they continue fighting for their radical agendas.
“Thanks to the work of our team in Alabama, we’ve uncovered a disturbing, top-down effort to manipulate medical guidelines and eliminate age restrictions for these irreversible procedures. Even as global medical authorities urge caution, and public opinion on this issue is turning against it, the ACLU and its radical allies continue to rely on discredited standards to argue that these procedures are medically necessary. The evidence says otherwise. These harmful interventions have lasting consequences for vulnerable children.”
“Our brief again sets the record straight and urges the courts to reject these dangerous, politically motivated efforts.”
The Alabama AG’s office has compiled extensive background on Alabama’s case, discovery, and their leadership on the issue and made it available through their website.
The Alabama-led brief was joined by the attorneys general of Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
Austen Shipley is the News Director for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
