7th Circuit rejects effort to block Indiana law protecting children from harmful, risky procedures

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit’s decision Wednesday in K.C. v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana to uphold an Indiana law that protects children from harmful, unnecessary, and high-risk drugs and surgeries that alter their bodies to make them look like the opposite sex:

“Indiana rightly enacted a law that protects the health and welfare of all children—supporting their natural biological development and ensuring that children experiencing gender dysphoria have a chance for comprehensive healing and compassionate mental health support. Relying on bad science, activists and the Biden-Harris administration have pushed these harmful procedures across the country and even taken steps to prevent state legislatures from regulating these procedures. These procedures have devastated countless lives, which is why countries that were previously leaders in so-called ‘gender affirming’ care are reversing course and curtailing these experimental efforts to alter children’s bodies. The 7th Circuit was on solid ground to uphold Indiana’s law that allows children to receive the help they need—safely.”

Last year, ADF filed a friend-of-the-court brief that asked the court to allow Indiana’s law to go into effect, which it did.

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