A lawsuit has been filed challenging a Trump administration order that halts federal funding for institutions providing gender-affirming care to minors. The lawsuit argues that the order is unconstitutional, violates the separation of powers, and constitutes sex-based discrimination. It cites instances of hospitals canceling appointments and denying procedures due to fear of losing federal funding. The plaintiffs include advocacy groups, medical associations, and families affected by the policy.
—has led hospitals nationwide to abruptly cancel appointments and deny transgender procedures for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The plaintiffs include the advocacy group PFLAG, the medical association GLMA, and multiple families affected by the policy., which mandates that federal agencies “immediately take appropriate steps” to end financial support for institutions that provide transition-related treatments to minors.
Kristen Chapman, one of the plaintiffs, said she moved from Tennessee to Virginia in 2023 to ensure her 17-year-old transgender child, Willow, could continue receiving services through Medicaid. However, a medical provider canceled an appointment just hours before it was set to take place.The ACLU and Lambda Legal petition states the plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to block enforcement of the order.
Trump has defended his policy, asserting in the order that “medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex.”
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