by Jaryn Crouson
The Alabama Legislature proposed a law that would allow adults who received sex change operations as minors to sue up to 15 years later.
The bill proposed by Republican state Sen. Arthur Orr is meant to protect individuals who were allowed to make life-altering decisions as minors, according to Alabama Daily News. The law would also require warnings outlining the dangers of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex-change surgeries.
“The crux of the bill is it allows the child who during their minor years receives some kind of gender realignment or change to sue the doctors and counselors that advised them to do so,” Orr (pictured above) said, according to Alabama Daily News. “It would hold the adults responsible for pushing children down this road.”
Alabama banned sex-change treatments for minors in 2022, though the law has faced legal obstacles. Orr’s proposed legislation would expand the statute of limitations for those already affected by the procedures and act as a backup in case the ban is struck down, the Alabama Daily News reported.
“It would be very difficult to attack a mere extension of the statute of limitations for bringing a lawsuit against a provider that facilitated and pushed a child (toward a transformation procedure or care),” Orr said, according to the Alabama Daily News.
Arkansas passed similar legislation in 2023 that allows individuals to file medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors who provide sex-change procedures for minors. If the Alabama legislation passes, several more states could follow suit.
The Supreme Court is set to review the legality of bans on sex-change operations for minors, a ruling that will affect the laws in several states.
“It is disturbing that you would allow a child to make a life-changing decision that is irreversible in most cases,” Orr told the Alabama Daily News. “I hope you never have a child have their life severely affected and at age 27 they wake up and realize how wrong it all was when they were making decisions 10 or 12 years before.”
The bill is proposed for the 2025 legislative session that begins Feb. 4.
Orr did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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Jaryn Crouson is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
