Written by Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline. It has been originally published The 19th.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove gender violations from disability protected under federal law, but it is still unclear whether the 17 Republican state attorney generals will continue their related lawsuits that will allow them to dismantle federal protections for all people with disabilities.
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Last fall, Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the federal government over the addition of the Biden administration’s gender-related disorder to a disability protected under part of federal law known as Section 504.
Republican attorney generals from 16 other states participated Litigation: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia.
But they Faced with a quick repulsion Early this year. Advocates of the disabled pointed to some of the lawsuits that asked the court to find all of the unconstitutional section 504, as well as updates that included gender discomfort.
If the court agrees, advocates support that schools, workplaces, hospitals and other entities can refuse to provide accommodation with disabilities necessary to provide for the past 50 years.
Ags hurry Distance itself. Arkansas Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin and Georgia Republican Attorney General Chris Kerr have firmly denied the interpretation, saying their sole goal is to remove protection for people with gender discomfort.
New HHS Judgment It appears that the AGS is achieving what they said they wanted. Essentially, Biden’s update declares that adding the Gender Violation Act to the Disability Act will not be enforced.
However, the broad language of litigation leaves the possibility, Some experts sayfor the court to overthrow the entire section 504 protection.
The position of the state AGS should become more clear in a few days. They are scheduled to file an update with the court on April 21st.
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