Alberta is appealing a temporary injunction of a law banning doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.

A judge ruled in June that the provincial law raises serious Charter issues that need to be hashed out in an ongoing court challenge of the legislation.

Court of King’s Bench Justice Allison Kuntz ruled the law is likely to cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth and contrary evidence submitted from the province wasn’t overwhelming enough.

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The government argu

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