That is from Teddy Roosevelt about his Caribbean policy but now another president is doing the same thing, President Biden criticized the Republicans states for their treatment of us, well the government just brought out their big stick.
Justice Department challenges Alabama law criminalizing transgender health care for minors
The agency asked a federal court to issue an order stopping the law from taking effect.
NBC News
By Zoë Richards
April 29, 2022
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new Alabama law that criminalizes certain medical care for transgender children, marking the first time the agency has sued a state over restrictions on gender-affirming care.The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Alabama, asks the court to block the law from taking effect, arguing it violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause "by discriminating on the basis of sex and transgender status."
The Alabama law “would force parents of transgender minors, medical professionals, and others to choose between forgoing medically necessary procedures and treatments, or facing criminal prosecution,” the Justice Department said in a news release.
Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed the GOP-backed bill into law this month, making it a felony for parents and medical professionals to “engage in or cause” gender-affirming medical care to minors in the state, including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery.
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The Justice Department complaint comes as Republican-led states enact laws and consider legislation aimed at the LGBTQ community, with many politicians seeking to campaign on the issue heading into the 2022 elections.
The Justice Department issued warnings that they were going to take legal actions but the states have those warning in their oppressive laws, saying…
"Intentionally erecting discriminatory barriers to prevent individuals from receiving gender-affirming care implicates a number of federal legal guarantees," the agency wrote on March 31. "A state or local government must meet the heavy burden of justifying interference with that right since it is well established within the medical community that gender-affirming care for transgender youth is not only appropriate but often necessary for their physical and mental health."
The Republicans knew this was coming and they want it to rally their white supremacist base and if they lose in court they still win because they will be crying “Activist Court!”
In an article in The Hill they write,
Alabama was already facing another lawsuit regarding the legislation that was brought on by families and physicians.
These cases and other case in other states are going all the way to Supreme Court, if the Republicans win in 2024 you will see this case dropped by them… we have to win in 2024! Our freedom depends on their winning… God help us otherwise. It will be back to having 3 items of male clothing days.
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