The Department of Justice filed a complaint Friday challenging Alabama Senate (SB) Bill 184, which bans trans treatments for children. The DOJ claims that the criminalization of child sexual abuse constitutes a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment for reasons of equal protection. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law this month banning drugs that prevent puberty for minors. The bill makes it a crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to prescribe adolescent or hormone inhibitors to trans children to help with their gender reassignment. “SB 184 makes it a crime for anyone to ‘engage or provoke’ certain types of medical care for transgender minors. SB 184 therefore discriminates against transgender young people by denying them access to certain forms of medical care. Justice writes: “It further discriminates against transgender young people by preventing them from accessing specific procedures, while allowing non-trans minors to access the same or similar procedures.” ALABAMA GOVERNOR SIGNS LAW PROHIBITING ADOLESCENTS, SEXUAL TRANSFER SURGERIES FILE: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey in Woodstock, Alabama, March 15, 2022. (REUTERS / Elijah Nouvelage) “Today’s statement is the most recent action by the Ministry of Justice to combat gender identity discrimination, including illegal restrictions on medical care for trans young people,” the ministry said in a statement. “On March 31, 2022, the Department of Civil Rights issued a letter to all state attorneys general, reminding them of federal constitutional and legislative provisions that protect transgender youth from discrimination.” Ivey signed into law against the ban on adolescence a day after state lawmakers passed the bill. The groups immediately promised to challenge the law in court. Alabama is the second state to ban gender-based care for minors and the first to impose criminal sanctions. A similar measure in Arkansas that would have barred doctors from prescribing drugs has been blocked by a federal judge. Ivey also signed legislation banning some elementary school teachers in Alabama from discussing issues of gender identity and sexual orientation to school. The Department of Justice building is visible in Washington. (REUTERS) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION The parents are two Alabama Transgender people have joined two doctors in suing Alabama Gov. Kay Ivy and other government officials in a bid to block a new state law banning cross-sex hormones and blockchain drugs. Parents and doctors – represented by a number of left-wing law firms, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Human Rights Campaign, among others – claim that SB 184which Ivey signed on Friday violates federal non-discrimination legislation, including a provision of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. Fox News’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
