Two 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy organizations plan to continue with a court challenge of a provincial law affecting gender-affirming care for youth, despite the Alberta government passing legislation that protects three of its laws affecting transgender youth from legal action.

Bill 9 — the Protecting Alberta's Children Statutes Amendment Act — passed through the legislature Wednesday, at the tail end of its fall sitting. The bill invokes the notwithstanding clause, overriding Charter challenges against three other pieces of legislation that relate to gender-diverse youth for years.

Egale Canada, Alberta’s Skipping Stone Foundation and five families had launched a court challenge last year against Bill 26, which prohibits minors under 16 to access gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers

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