Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has led a 23-state brief in support of Florida’s appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Marshall urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the district court’s injunction on Florida’s law that places restrictions on sex-change procedures and prohibits administering puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries to minors for gender transition purposes. This action follows Marshall's leadership of a 22-state coalition two months prior, asking the Court of Appeals to allow Florida to enforce its law during the appeal process—a request granted last week.
More than half of U.S. states and several European nations have imposed restrictions on sex-change procedures for minors. Marshall has consistently filed briefs nationwide defending these restrictions against challenges from organizations such as the ACLU and the Biden-Harris Department of Justice.
“When Alabama’s law was challenged, we fought back, uncovering numerous documents from radical organizations and the Biden-Harris Administration showing that they knew all along that the evidence simply does not support performing sex-change procedures on minors,” said Attorney General Marshall. “It is now clearer than ever that the key organizations supporting these procedures, including the federal government, have prioritized politics and ideology over the health of children. I’m grateful Alabama was able to uncover this medical and political scandal, and we will continue to defend children from these life-altering experiments.”
Attorney General Marshall has been at the forefront of efforts to protect children from irreversible sex change procedures, successfully defending Alabama’s law and leading briefs in support of other states’ laws. In January, the Eleventh Circuit cleared Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act for enforcement.
The Alabama-led brief included attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah West Virginia Wyoming