Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said the U.S. Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) upholding of Tennessee's ban on transgender surgeries and medications for minors is a victory for kids and parents.
Marshall appeared on Newsmax's "The Count" on Saturday, where he said after digging into the facts surrounding transgender care on minors, he found medical, legal and ethical fraud. He said there are ways to treat children with gender dysphoria without medical intervention.
"Look, this was a radical idea to begin with," said Marshall. "It was a failed European experiment, which they have backed away from, and there's no significant literature in the scientific realm to be able to support what was going on with kids.
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"This is a tremendous victory and I think it's a colossal defeat for those who are pushing this radical gender ideology that we saw from the Biden administration," he continued.
The plaintiffs in a similar case in Alabama have already dismissed their claims, Marshall said, because they realized they would not be able to prevail.
There are 27 states with laws to protect children from transgender procedures to change their bodies permanently. Marshall said he hopes more states follow suit.
Marshall applauded the Supreme Court's decision to allow state legislators to establish laws to protect citizens.
"No puberty blockers, no cross-sex hormones and definitely no surgeries," said Marshall. "And we see that kids are able to get the treatment they need to get the recovery they're looking for and allow for both parents and kids to get to a form of normalcy."
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