MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WDNews) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced a major legal win this week after plaintiffs dropped a challenge to a state law.
The law being the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, a decree that prohibits gender transition treatments and procedures for individuals under 18.
The case, Boe v. Marshall, had been ongoing for three years. Plaintiffs sued the state in 2022, shortly after the law was signed.
Marshall’s office successfully overturned an injunction last year, and now the challenge has been officially dismissed.
“We uncovered the truth. We exposed the scandal. We won,” Marshall said in a statement. “Alabama led the way, and now all families are safer for it.”
The law bans the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for the purpose of gender transition in minors.
Marshall’s office says their legal discovery found internal communications from major medical groups that suggested these treatments were promoted without strong scientific backing and were influenced by political and legal strategies.
Marshall’s team also shared their findings with other states. Alabama submitted a key legal brief supporting a similar law in Tennessee, which is currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“This victory is not just for Alabama,” Marshall said. “This is a generational win for children, for families, and for reality itself.”
The law can now be fully enforced across Alabama.
