UPDATE: Alabama law that bans gender-affirming medicines for transgender youth goes into effect alpolitics
A federal judge continues to consider a request to block the state from enforcing the law.
U.S. District Judge Liles Burke had cautioned attorneys Friday that he might not have a decision on a request for a preliminary injunction by the law’s May 8 effective date. The Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act makes it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to prescribe or administer puberty blockers and hormones to transgender people under age 19 to help affirm their new gender identity.
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