In 2024, Republican-led states sued to reverse the Biden administration's inclusion of gender dysphoria as a protected disability. The case has since morphed into an effort to strip disabled people of publicly funded services and push them into institutions such as state hospitals and nursing homes. stateline.org/2026/05/06/how-a… #politics #USPol #disabilityRights
A group of Republican-led states is pushing forward with a lawsuit that could weaken a key federal disability rights protection under a part of law known as Section 504, even after the original dispute over gender dysphoria was resolved.
This is Niemöller "First They Came" in action. When people talk about attacks on minority groups expanding to encompass more and more people, this is what they're talking about. Judicial challenges that steadily expand to attack the rights of more and more groups are one way that it happens. #politics
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