Planned Parenthood Condemns Multi-State Lawsuit Against Obama Administration’s Rule Protecting Transgender Youth
For Immediate Release: May 31, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Planned Parenthood Federation of America released the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed by Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah, Georgia, the governor of Maine and the Arizona Department of Education protesting the Obama administration’s direction to schools to allow transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
Statement from Dawn Laguens, Executive Vice President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
“In the past year, we’ve seen truly appalling bills and rhetoric targeting the LGBTQ community, especially transgender and gender nonconforming people. The people behind this lawsuit are going after transgender children, many of whom are already targets of bullying and discrimination. These politicians are pushing a political agenda that promotes hate and harassment, and all over a false idea of who transgender people really are.
“We believe everyone should be able to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity, and that transgender people, like everyone else, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.”
Planned Parenthood has long stood with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the struggle for full equality — many of whom turn to Planned Parenthood for health care, information and education.
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May 25, 2016