17 US states move to strip gender dysphoria from federal disability protections in a major legal battle

Seventeen US states have filed a lawsuit to challenge Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which protects students with disabilities from discrimination in educational settings. The lawsuit, filed in September 2024, aims to declare Section 504 unconstitutional, especially the recent expansion to include gender dysphoria as a disability. This legal battle could significantly impact the rights of students with special needs and reshape disability protections in education across the nation, as reported by Forbes.