Description: The Biden administration and politicized interest groups are challenging Alabama’s law that protects children from harmful and unnecessary medical procedures.
Activist groups drop case challenging Alabama’s law protecting children
Friday, May 2, 2025
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Litigation Strategy Jonathan Scruggs regarding activist groups’ dismissal Thursday of Boe v. Marshall. In the case, a group of plaintiffs represented by politicized interest groups worked alongside the Biden administration to challenge Alabama’s law that protects children from harmful drugs and surgeries:
“Alabama rightly enacted a law that protects children’s welfare—supporting their natural development and ensuring that children experiencing gender dysphoria have a chance for healing and compassionate mental-health support. Across the globe, we’re seeing a refreshing return to sanity after radical gender ideology devastated far too many young lives. Alliance Defending Freedom has been honored to support Alabama and the leadership of Alabama Attorney General Marshall to protect children and families. We applaud Alabama and the 24 other states that are following the science, protecting children, and working to stop an unsafe medical experiment that has gone on far too long.”
The following quote may be attributed to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall:
“Three years ago, multiple sets of plaintiffs represented by the ACLU, SPLC, and some of the nation’s largest law firms filed suit against Alabama to challenge our law protecting vulnerable kids from life-altering sex-change procedures. We fought back. We defeated a preliminary injunction and conducted court-ordered discovery into the so-called ‘standards of care’ that these groups claimed were evidence-based. What we found was devastating to plaintiffs’ challenge: a medical, legal, and political scandal that will be studied for decades. Given the evidence we uncovered, it is no surprise the plaintiffs abandoned their challenge. We uncovered the truth. We exposed the scandal. We won.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.
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