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Groups secure injunction pausing Alberta government's transgender health-care legislation

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Court of King’s Bench of Alberta decision grants an injunction application led by Egale Canada and the Skipping Stone Foundation .

The bill, introduced last October but not yet in full effect, restricted certain treatments and surgeries for gender dysphoria for individuals under 18 .

The province had argued preventing access to puberty blocking drugs for trans children and other measures in the bill is based on evidence suggesting such treatments may be harmful.

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