SC, other GOP states end challenge to Biden rule over gender dysphoria

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 2, 2026

Words: 590

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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COLUMBIA — Republican states have dropped their challenge to a 2024 federal rule adding gender dysphoria to federally protected disabilities.

The moves from Attorney General Alan Wilson and other GOP attorneys general come as the Trump administration finalizes a rule to undo the changes.

Since the Trump administration is doing what the lawsuit sought, “South Carolina is pulling out of the lawsuit,” Wilson said in a statement Monday. Other states are continuing the …

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