Indiana withdraws from lawsuit challenging federal disability protections

By: Tom Davies

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 298

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Indiana’s attorney general has pulled out of a Republican-led lawsuit that aimed to strike down part of a federal law providing discrimination protections for people with disabilities.

Indiana had joined the federal lawsuit filed by Texas in 2024 over the Biden administration’s addition of a gender identity-related disorder to the disabilities protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The Indiana attorney general’s office filed a notice Friday withdrawing from the suit that …

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