A group of transgender minors and their families filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive action restricting access to gender-affirming care for people under 19. The suit alleges the order violates the Constitution and discriminates based on sex and transgender status. The order requires federal agencies to ensure medical institutions receiving federal funds end gender-affirming medical treatments, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgical procedures. The lawsuit argues the president is usurping Congress' authority by unilaterally withholding funding and argues his directive already has had concrete effects, with some medical institutions pausing or canceling gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Washington — A group of transgender minors and their families filed a lawsuit on Tuesday that challenges President Trump's executive action restricting access to gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.The suit was filed in federal district court in Maryland on behalf of two 12 year-olds who identify as transgender and five transgender teenagers who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria, along with LGBTQ advocacy groups. They allege that Mr.
Trump's executive orders involving gender identity are unlawful and unconstitutional because he is usurping Congress' authority by unilaterally seeking to withhold funding from medical institutions, providers and researchers that have already received congressional approval.'Under our Constitution, it is Congress, not the president, who is vested with the power of the purse,' they argued in their filing.
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