Judge blocks Alabama restrictions on certain gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth
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A federal judge has partially blocked an Alabama law that restricts gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors.
In granting the preliminary injunction late Friday night requested by the Justice Department and private plaintiffs, Judge Liles Burke said that there was a substantial likelihood that the court would find unconstitutional the law's restrictions on providing transitioning medications, such as puberty blockers, to minors.
Other parts of the law -- including its ban on sex-altering surgeries on minors and its regulations aimed at school officials -- remain in effect.
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