Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking a victory lap after the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of a Tennessee law, nearly identical to Alabama’s own law banning so-called gender affirming care for minors
Marshall filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Tennessee at the Supreme Court, since the court’s ruling could have major implications for Alabama and other states with similar laws.
SCOTUS voted 6-3 in favor of Tennessee, rejecting claims from transgender advocates that the law was discriminatory.
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During a Thursday appearance on "Alabama's Morning News with JT," Marshall described the long, laborious process his office has undertaken since the state passed its own law banning transgender surgeries and medication.
“Yesterday was a really good day for kids across the country,” Marshall said.
He continued, “If you look at society as a whole, we have, you know, social media and other influences pushing kids to believe that gender is some fluid concept, which you and I both know is completely not."
“We've seen an absolutely enormous jump in those who claim, somehow or another, to be confused about their gender," Marshall added. "The trans movement has confused that in a profound way, and yesterday's Supreme Court decision gives the sanity back to this issue and allows the 27 states now that have banned kids receiving puberty blockers and cross sex hormones or even surgeries, giving them the ability to restore life to kids."
Marshall has been at the forefront of this issue in Alabama, fighting transgender advocates in court after suits were filed after the state passed the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act into law in 2022.
“Alabama was aggressive in attacking the science and the research and those that wanted to be able to set aside Alabama's law,” he outlined. “And interestingly, before the Supreme Court even ruled yesterday, the plaintiffs in Alabama's case dismissed their actions, which told me very clearly that they realized that they were exposed. They had no ability to argue effectively in court that Alabama didn't have a legitimate basis to be able to protect our kids from this radical treatment."
"And happily, Alabama's law is in place with no other litigation pending right now," Marshall added.
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