Overview

• On June 27, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta granted a temporary injunction that paused Bill 26 before it could be enforced.
• The legislation, passed in late 2024, would have prohibited puberty blockers and hormone therapies for anyone under 16.
• Justice Kuntz found that denying gender-affirming care risks emotional harm and unwanted physical changes in youth whose identity differs from their birth-assigned sex.
• Egale Canada and the Skipping Stone Foundation, joined by five transgender adolescents, argued the ban violates equality and security-of-the-person rights under the Charter.
• The Canadian Medical Association and three Alberta doctors have an active lawsuit claiming the law infringes their freedom-of-conscience protections.