Alberta Fights Court Order Blocking a Ban on Transgender Surgeries, Drugs for Children
Alberta is not giving up on its legislation protecting minors from 'gender transitions' and has filed an appeal against an injunction on Bill 26.
(Calgary, Alberta) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Alberta remains intent on protecting children and has appealed a court injunction blocking the province's ban on transgender surgeries and drugs for gender-confused minors. (Image: Created by Grok-X AI)
On July 25, Alberta filed an appeal of an injunction against Bill 26, which bans "gender transitioning" surgeries and drugs like puberty blockers and hormones for minors, through a filing with the Alberta Court of Appeal.
"We're delighted that the Alberta government has appealed a court injunction against its legislation to ban all genital mutilation surgery for minors, and puberty blockers for children under age 16," Campaign Life Coalition's Jack Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.
Amputating reproductive organs of children "is cruel and inhuman treatment, no matter how powerful their delusion of being 'trapped in the wrong body' might be," he declared. "Chemically castrating little boys with the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones is pure evil. No sane or moral government should ever allow the medical system to permanently and irreversibly chop off perfectly healthy body parts."
The appeal comes after Alberta King's Court Justice Allison Kuntz granted a temporary injunction against the legislation on June 27.
Alberta's new legislation, which was passed in December, amends the Health Act to "prohibit regulated health professionals from performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors."
The legislation also bans the use of puberty blockers and hormones for "treatment" of gender dysphoria to children 15 years of age and under. Regrettably, those who have begun using the drugs can continue doing so, and the bill also allows 16- and 17-year-olds to take puberty blockers and hormones with "parental, physician and psychologist approval."
Just days after the legislation was passed, an LGBT activist group called Egale Canada, along with many other LGBT organizations, filed an injunction to block the bill... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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