Trump’s pick for Justice Department deputy is taking aim at trans rights...

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Trump's pick for Justice Department deputy is taking aim at trans rights and elections

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-pick-for-justice-department-deputy-is-taking-aim-at-trans-rights-and-elections/ar-AA1vCOpl?ocid=windirect&cvid=4ee957be390e483ea06e90b7b21bc72c&ei=18

Story by Alex Woodward (10 Dec 2024)

Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the federal government's enforcement of civil rights has spent the last year leading a legal crusade against transgender Americans, signaling where Trump could start with his "day one" pledge to roll back discrimination protections.

Harmeet Dhillon, founder of the Center for American Liberty, has filed a barrage of attention-grabbing lawsuits on behalf of right-wing activists against gender-affirming healthcare and school policies and state and local laws designed to protect LGBT+ people across the country.

If she's confirmed to lead the civil rights division, she will be in a uniquely powerful position to reshape, and reverse, critical protections for LGBT+ Americans...

Dhillon's Center for American Liberty has filed several medical malpractice lawsuits on behalf of so-called "detransitioners" who now argue against access to gender-affirming healthcare for trans minors by speaking publicly about their regret.

State laws that protect transgender care and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution are "horrifying" and "super extreme" measures that will turn states into a "refuge for child mutilation," according to Dhillon and her Center for American Liberty.

More than a dozen states have enacted so-called "shield" laws, but anti-trans and anti-abortion activists are demanding federal government pre-emption that would outlaw affirming care and abortion access despite state and local projections.