17 States Suing HHS To Overturn Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

A lawsuit filed by 17 state attorneys general seeks to overturn the federal Rehabilitation Act, particularly to have Section 504 declared unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys general for Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. They sued the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in September 2024 to contest an expansion of disabilities covered by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act to include people experiencing gender dysphoria. Section 504 prohibits disability discrimination by the federal government and entities that receive federal . . .