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Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights law

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican state attorneys general are declaring their continued support for a landmark federal law protecting disabled people’s rights, after parents expressed fears of losing services for their disabled children because of a GOP lawsuit opposing transgender rights. The attorneys general of 17 states, led by Texas, told a federal judge this week that a lawsuit they filed in September targets only a rule imposed last year by …

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GOP-led lawsuit that could dismantle disability protections draws public backlash • Tennessee Lookout

Charlotte Cravins, left, attends an event with her husband, Calvin Bell, and their children, infant son Landry Bell and daughter Lyric Bell. Landry was born with Down syndrome and is blind in one eye. Charlotte is worried that a lawsuit challenging part of a 50-year-old federal disability rights law could remove protections for children with disabilities, like Landry. (Courtesy of Charlotte Cravins) A push by Republican attorneys general in 17 s…

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Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights law

Republican state attorneys general have declared their continued support for a landmark civil rights law that protects disabled people’s rights. They're responding to parents who publicly aired their fears this

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Republican state AGs seek to clarify stance on disability law • Utah News Dispatch

Derek Brown, candidate for Utah attorney general, attends at an election night event hosted by the Utah Republican Party in Draper, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Amid a public backlash over the potential loss of disability protections, 17 Republican state attorneys general submitted a new court filing Thursday to clarify their position in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down part of a federal law that safeg…

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