Nonprofit legal advocacy America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against a Washington state bill allowing shelters to hide transgender children from parents and prescribe them gender transition procedures.
The lawsuit (pdf) has been filed against the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee; the Attorney General of Washington, Robert Furguson; and the Secretary of the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Ross Hunter. It seeks to prevent the enforcement of the state’s Senate Bill 5599, which “allows shelters to take in children struggling with gender dysphoria and potentially provide them with life-altering ‘care’ (potentially including sterilization) without parental consent or knowledge,” according to an Aug. 16 post by the organization which filed the case on behalf of plaintiffs.
