A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order restricting gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary children. The ruling halts the directive while a lawsuit challenging its legality proceeds. The lawsuit, filed by families and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, argues that the order is unlawful and discriminatory.
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women’s or girls’ sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.
The lawsuit includes several accounts from families of appointments being canceled as medical institutions react to the new directive. Like legal challenges to state bans on gender-affirming care, the lawsuit also alleges the policy is discriminatory because it allows federal funds to cover the same treatments when they’re not used for gender transition.Trump’s approach on the issue represents an abrupt change from the Biden administration, which sought to explicitly extend civil rights protections to transgender people.
DONALD TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE LEGAL CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATION
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