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Legislation preventing gender-affirming medical care is unconstitutional, say lawyers seeking injunction to delay it

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Five pre-pubescent Alberta youth will suffer irreparable harm if the province is permitted to enforce legislation banning gender-affirming medical care, their lawyers argued Monday .

Alberta 's new transgender youth health-care legislation is proposed to withhold puberty-blocking medications from the children, aged 6 to 12 .

The lawyers presented affidavits from the five gender-diverse youth explaining the psychological and emotional harm they’ll suffer.

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