Thu Apr 27, 2023 – 6:55 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The Biden administration on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee over its new law to ban the transgender mutilation of children, promising to “aggressively challenge all forms of discrimination and unlawful barriers faced by the LGBTQI+ community.”
The lawsuit alleges that the Tennessee law, which prohibits devastating experimental drugs and mutilating surgeries for minors, “denies necessary medical care to children based solely on who they are.”
As LifeSiteNews previously reported, Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee last month signed into law two bills aimed at curbing the spread of harmful transgender ideology in the Volunteer State. Together, the laws will ban sexually explicit drag shows for minors as well as transgender surgeries and drugs for Tennesseans under the age of 18. The measures are set to take effect July 1.
READ: Tennessee governor signs laws banning drag queen shows and ‘gender transitions’ for children
The law forbidding the surgeries and drugs for kids, SB 1, drew the ire of the federal government, sparking Wednesday’s lawsuit.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Biden administration “alleges that SB
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