Georgia's Attorney General Chris Carr has said that taxpayers should not bear the cost of sex change procedures, expressing his support for a coalition of attorneys general aiming to end what he describes as "nonsense." Carr made this statement in a January 30 post on X.
"Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for sex changes," said General Chris Carr. "We're proud to stand with our fellow attorneys general to put a stop to this nonsense."
According to Carr, he has filed a brief opposing taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries for state prisoners. This legal action is part of a broader initiative involving nearly 25 other attorneys general. These officials are challenging a recent federal court decision in Indiana that required the state to provide gender-affirming surgery for an inmate, despite a state law prohibiting the use of state resources for such procedures.
The attorneys general argue that the lower court's decision, which relied on standards from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), is "unreliable" due to changes attributed to "political concerns." The group is seeking a reversal of the ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young granted a preliminary injunction requiring the Indiana Department of Correction to provide transgender woman Autumn Cordellioné with "gender-affirming surgery." This followed a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s 2023 law banning such surgeries in prisons, arguing it "violated" constitutional rights, according to a report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana.
Carr was appointed as Georgia's attorney general by then-Governor Nathan Deal in 2016 and was re-elected in November 2022. Since taking office, he has focused on addressing issues such as human trafficking, gang activity, and opioid misuse. This includes establishing the state's first Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and Gang Prosecution Unit.
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