The U.S. Justice Department files a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care.

The federal government is seeking to invalidate the statute because they say “no person should be denied access to necessary medical care just because of their transgender status. The DOJ says the law violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause by discriminating on the basis of both sex and transgender status.

Under Tennessee’s law, set to take effect July 1st, doctors will be prohibited from prescribing puberty blockers or hormones, or providing other gender-affirming care to anyone under 18.