Georgia Attorney General Defends Trump’s Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change Procedures for Inmates
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a legal brief defending President Trump’s executive order that prohibits taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures for inmates in federal prisons and immigration detention centers. The order also mandates that biological males be housed in men’s correctional facilities. Carr has taken approximately 50 legal actions aimed at preventing taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries and related medical interventions for children in Georgia.
“Taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for sex changes,” stated Carr. “We’re proud to stand with our fellow attorneys general to put a stop to this nonsense once and for all.”
In the brief, Carr and 23 other state attorneys general argue that federal and state authorities are acting within their constitutional rights when denying inmate requests for sex-change surgeries or hormone treatments. The brief asserts that “…nothing in the Eighth Amendment’s text or history allows prisoners to demand whatever medical interventions they desire. Nor does anything in its text or history privilege the views of medical interest groups above policymakers’ reasonable medical judgments.”
The attorneys general joining Carr in filing the brief are from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
