Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has sent a letter to the American Medical Association (AMA) on behalf of 20 states, urging the organization to stop supporting hormonal interventions for children. The letter acknowledges the AMA’s recent stance against surgical sex-change procedures for minors and calls for similar action regarding cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.
Attorney General Marshall stated, “The American Medical Association has finally admitted what many have warned for years: its recommendations for surgeries on children were not grounded in solid evidence, despite telling doctors and families otherwise. Yet the same weak science underpins puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. You cannot dismiss one intervention as unsupported while continuing to push the rest. When children’s lives and futures are at stake, anything less than full scientific honesty is reckless. The AMA must follow the science completely, not selectively.”
The letter highlights that Alabama law prohibits organizations from making false or misleading claims about goods or services. It also asks the AMA to answer several questions about its recommendations concerning hormonal treatments for minors.
Marshall was joined by attorneys general from Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
The Alabama Attorney General’s office acts as the state’s chief law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction and provides legal representation across all counties (official website). The office focuses on public safety initiatives aimed at reducing violent crime and supporting victims (official website). Steve Marshall became Alabama’s forty-eighth attorney general in February 2017 (official website).