BOISE, Idaho – It has been a busy month for Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, who has joined onto the Gem State’s second lawsuit targeting transgender minors this month.
Labrador announced that his office has joined an amicus brief in favor of the State of Florida, which is seeking permission to enforce a law completely banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth, on Friday.
Idaho has already passed for both minors and . While the latter is being challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union, the former has already been approved by the US Supreme Court.
The Florida law contains similar language banning LGBTQ+ healthcare. It is opposed by the Human Rights Campaign, GLAD Legal Advocates and Lambda Legal.
Human rights advocates took home a win in June when a Florida District Court blocked the bill from going into effect under the reasoning that it violated the constitutional rights of patients while ignoring the expertise of medical professionals who administer gender affirming care.
Labrador’s amicus brief, filed alongside twenty other Republican attorneys general, argues that gender affirming care is dangerous.
“Idaho is no stranger to the federal government intruding on state sovereignty when it comes to laws protecting minors from experimental, medically unsupported, and increasingly repudiated gender transition procedures,” Labrador said.
Affirming care for young people experiencing gender dysphoria is supported by the American Medical Association, the Endocrine Society and the World Medical Association.
Bills and as a protected class have gone into effect in Idaho this year in the midst of a larger movement within the Gem State to
