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Alberta government lawyers defend ban on youth gender-affirming therapies

Alberta's transgender law prohibiting youth under 16 from receiving hormone therapy and puberty blockers is being challenged in court by groups representing transgender youth who seek to suspend the law pending a hearing on its constitutionality.
The law was passed by Premier Danielle Smith's government but has not yet been fully enacted.
Government lawyer David Madsen stated in court that hormone therapy is not considered medically necessary and claimed the scientific consensus on gender-affirming care is changing.
Two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups argue that the law is unconstitutional and denies medical care, but Smith indicated she would use the Charter's notwithstanding clause if the challenge succeeds.

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Global News

Alberta government defends transgender youth health law in court

Two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are seeking a court injunction that would suspend the Alberta law while the court decides its constitutionality.

3 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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The Globe & Mail

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Alberta government lawyers defend ban on youth gender-affirming therapies

LGBTQ+ groups argue law violates the Charter because it denies medical care

3 days ago·Canada

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Red Deer Advocate

Challenge to legislation prohibiting gender-affirming care goes to court

Request for an injunction against Bill 26 heard in Calgary

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GB News

Trans row: Banning puberty blockers for children while allowing cross-sex hormone treatment is 'irrational' and unlawful' claims former patient

A former patient of Tavistock’s NHS gender identity clinic has said banning puberty blockers while allowing cross-sex hormone treatment is “irrational” and “unlawful”.Keira Bell, who was put on puberty blockers aged 16, has applied for a judicial review of the government’s failure to ban the treatment amid fears it will cause “profound harm” to children. Her lawyers issued a High Court claim, arguing that banning puberty blockers while still all…

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

Legislation preventing gender-affirming medical care is unconstitutional, say lawyers seeking injunction to delay it

Five prepubescent Alberta youth will suffer irreparable harm if the province is permitted to enforce legislation banning gender-affirming medical care, their lawyers argued Monday.

4 days ago·Calgary, Canada

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LifeSiteNews

The sad outcome of the 'transgender' boy featured on the cover of National Geographic

After National Geographic featured 9-year-old Avery Jackson on its cover as 'trans,' the 17-year-old no longer call himself a girl and attests that puberty blockers and other so-called treatments 'ruined' his life.

4 days ago

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