A bill being considered in the Alabama House Judiciary Committee is titled the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, but those for and against the bill have drastically different ideas about where the vulnerability of children affected by it lies.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Wes Allen, R-Troy, and Rep. Chip Brown, R-Mobile, would bar doctors from performing medical procedures or prescribing medicines intended to alter the appearance of a minor child s gender or delay puberty, and set a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for violations.
The bill says the long-term effect of hormones and cross-gender medications have not been rigorously studied that their benefits are unproven and their continued administration to children constitutes dangerous and uncontrolled human medical experimentation that may result in grave and irreversible consequences to their physical and mental health.
Father of transgender daughter tells Alabama lawmakers treatment ban is misguided
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 10, 2021
David Fuller, a sergeant with the Gadsden Police Department, tells the Alabama House Judiciary Committee about his experiences as a single father with a transgender daughter.
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Alabama lawmakers today heard from supporters and opponents of a bill that would make it a felony to prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or hormones as transgender therapies for minors with gender dysphoria.
They heard from doctors on both sides of the debate and from an 80-year-old who said he came to regret sex reassignment surgery and helps others with the same regrets.
Bill to repeal Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act stalls
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
An Alabama legislative committee today put on hold a bill to repeal the state’s Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA), a law that gives repeat offenders longer prison sentences.
The bill, by Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, would mean the HFOA would not apply to future convictions and would allow inmates already sentenced under the law a chance for a review for possible resentencing.
The bill was one of about 10 criminal justice reform bills considered today by the Alabama House Judiciary Committee. The committee approved the others, putting them in line for votes by the House of Representatives.