Legal experts say the executive order is unconstitutional, but Pinal County’s top prosecutor is all in.
Prisma Community Care and eight other clinics say the executive orders forcing them to ignore trans identities and dismantle diversity programs are unconstitutional.
Arizona doesn’t have a hate crime statute. And due to gaps in reporting and data, tracking bias-motivated crimes here is a mess.
Legal experts say the executive order is unconstitutional, but Pinal County’s top prosecutor is all in.
At least one county attorney’s office has pledged to work with the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor Arizona teachers and school staff for what it considers “radical indoctrination.”
LOOKOUT contacted 11 county attorneys across the state, asking whether they planned to enforce President Donald Trump’s executive order "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling." The order threatens to strip federal funding from schools that teach “anti-American ideologies,” including LGBTQ+ issues.
It also repeats misinformation that schools are encouraging the “mutilation” of children, a reference to life-saving gender-affirming health care. Medical organizations widely support such care as beneficial, but Republicans have continued to push the false narrative that it harms children.
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Prisma Community Care and eight other clinics say the executive orders forcing them to ignore trans identities and dismantle diversity programs are unconstitutional.
Arizona doesn’t have a hate crime statute. And due to gaps in reporting and data, tracking bias-motivated crimes here is a mess.
Last week, Prisma Community Care resumed providing gender-affirming healthcare for their youth patients, while Phoenix Children's remains quiet on their next moves.
While legal experts said same-sex marriage is safe for now, attacks on LGBTQ+ couples could increase in the future.
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