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Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alabama Trans Health Care Ban

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Rev. Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey. The Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker, senior pastor of Pilgrim Church in Birmingham, four Alabama parents, and two health care providers filed suit against the law this month.

They are represented by the GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Human Rights Campaign, and the law firms of Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC and King & Spalding LLP.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who signed the health care ban (Senate Bill 184) into law, and several other Alabama officials are defendants.

The DOJ filing asserts that SB 184 “violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by on account of sex and transgender status.”“This case implicates the United States’ ability to protect its sovereign interest in ensuring that all persons, including transgender youth, are afforded equal protection of the laws in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.

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