Tag: VCAP

Last month, University of Alabama professor and program coordinator Sim Butler published his book "And the Dragons Do Come" about his son's gender dysphoria, spending a significant amount of time criticizing Alabama's lawmakers, particularly State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville), who sponsored the Vulnerable Child Protection Act bill. 

The trend of “trans children” and so-called gender affirming care appears to be falling out of favor – and not a moment too soon.

Just six weeks after his Senate confirmation, Mountain Brook urologist turned Assistant Secretary for Health Brian Christine, MD,'s office published 'Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices,' a peer-reviewed study examining the well-documented and studied medical risks associated with attempts to change children's biological sex.

A progressive LGBTQ rights attorney has been charged in a federal indictment with lying about a phone call he made while under oath. The lie was given during a judicial inquiry into whether Carl Charles and others engaged in "judge shopping" while attempting to challenge Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act.

Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking a victory lap after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Tennessee law, nearly identical to Alabama’s own law banning so-called gender affirming care for minors

Attorney General Steve Marshall is leading the charge to protect an Ohio law currently being challenged in the courts that bans transgender surgeries for minors.

In a scathing 234-page order released on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sanctioned three attorneys suing the State of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act.

Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and three assistant U.S. Attorneys recently withdrew from a lawsuit challenging the state’s transgender minor surgery ban.

Attorneys representing the Biden administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a lawsuit challenging Alabama's ban on transgender treatment for minors.

Governor Kay Ivey recently joined nine Republican governors in an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in defense of a case before SCOTUS determining the future of a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and medications for minors, which will have major implications for a similar law in Alabama.

The Biden administration now claims to oppose transgender surgeries for minors after documents uncovered last week in a lawsuit against Alabama exposed one cabinet member for lobbying a transgender health group to remove minimum age requirements for surgeries.

U.S. District Judge Liles Burke stayed a trial on Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act on Tuesday after the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a similar case involving the state of Tennessee last week.

Three attorneys accused of judge shopping while suing the State of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCAP) apologized to U.S. District Judge Liles Burke on Friday.

The Biden administration now claims to oppose transgender surgeries for minors days after documents uncovered in an ongoing Alabama lawsuit exposed one cabinet member for lobbying a transgender health group to remove minimum age requirements for surgeries.

U.S. District Judge Liles Burke began questioning 11 attorneys on Monday who a panel recently found engaged in "judge shopping" while suing the state of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently pointed to Alabama’s success in its ongoing court battle over transgender surgeries for minors to assure citizens that a similar 2023 law in Florida will win on appeal after an injunction from a federal judge.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a motion for summary judgment on Monday in a lawsuit brought by liberal groups against the state of Alabama's transgender surgery ban.

Eleven attorneys suing the state of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child and Compassion Act (VCAP) engaged in “judge shopping” to try to move the case to a more sympathetic judge, according to a report unsealed this week.

Liberal groups lost in court again on Tuesday after U.S. District Judge Liles Burke denied subpoenas aimed at the Eagle Forum of Alabama and the Alabama Citizens Action Program in a lawsuit against the state of Alabama’s transgender surgery ban.

Gender ideology claims that the science is settled and that dysphoric youth shouldn’t try to re-align their gender identity with the body they were born in.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that Alabama can enforce its 2022 law banning gender transitioning procedures and medications for minors.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down an injunction prohibiting the state of Alabama from implementing its ban on performing transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for children.

While many celebrated that recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning the preliminary injunction against Alabama’s law banning transgender surgeries and hormones for minors, Cornell Law professor and founder of popular legal website Legal Insurrection William Jacobson said the fight to protect children from harmful medical treatments is far from over.

In light of a recent federal court decision that allowed Alabama to enforce its ban on transgender surgeries and medicines for minors, advocacy groups are already setting up grants to fund out-of-state travel for transgender individuals.

A recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Alabama could soon be able to enforce the Vulnerable Child Protection Act (VCAP), which bans transgender surgeries and hormones for minors.

At a recent meeting of the Autauga County GOP, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall spoke at length about his office’s ongoing battle defending Alabama’s blocked law prohibiting transgender surgeries and medications for minors.

The State of Alabama has won a small victory as it continues to fight challenges to its 2022 ban on transgender surgeries and hormones for people under 19.