Judge partially blocks transgender youth care ban that makes treatment a felony
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The Alabama gender-affirming youth care ban has been partially blocked by a judge after a hearing with doctors, families and more on the new law.
An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state's gender-affirming trans youth care ban.
S.B. 184, the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, states that anyone who provides gender-affirming care to anyone under 19 could be convicted of a felony and face up to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
Judge Liles Burke blocked part of the Alabama law that banned prescriptions for gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones, as the case is litigated.
He left in place other parts of the law, including the ban on gender-affirming surgeries that physicians say are already banned.
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