Montgomery, Ala. — WDNews
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is leading a multistate legal push backing President Trump’s executive order to stop federal funding for sex-change procedures on minors.
Marshall filed amicus briefs in both the Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals. The filings come in response to earlier preliminary injunctions issued by federal courts in Washington and Maryland. Those court actions stem from lawsuits challenging the order—filed by the State of Washington and several plaintiffs represented by the ACLU and Lambda Legal.
In a statement, Marshall said, “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 his office uncovered what he called “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,” he continued. “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,” he added.
Marshall has been a vocal defender of Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. Although that law faced court challenges and was eventually dismissed, Marshall’s office says the legal discovery process exposed flaws in the medical standards being used to justify such procedures. In October, Marshall submitted findings to the U.S. Supreme Court and has since led similar efforts in other jurisdictions.
The Alabama-led brief was joined by attorneys general from 25 other states: 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.
Full details on the case and briefs can be found at https://www.alabamaag.gov/boe-v-marshall/.
