Trans young adults and parents sue over Trump's orders restricting transition care

Two transgender young adults and five families of trans minors filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging two executive orders President Donald Trump issued over the last two weeks that aim to prohibit federal funding of transition-related health care for anyone under 19, and define sex as biological, only male and female and unchangeable.

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Lawsuit filed by transgender young adults, teens against Trump executive order

Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth have sued against an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts gender-affirming care.
ABC News - 1h
Transgender youth sue over Trump's executive order on gender-affirming care

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 the age of 19.
CBS News - 2h
Families sue Trump administration over order to ban gender-affirming care

Seven families with transgender children sued the Trump administration Tuesday over an executive order meant to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender children and ...
The Hill - 1h
New York AG tells hospitals to continue trans care after Trump's executive order

New York Attorney General Letitia James told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order ...
NBC News - 7h
N.Y. Hospital Stops Treating 2 Children After Trump’s Trans Care Order

The hospital canceled their appointments the same week an executive order from President Trump threatened to punish doctors and hospitals for offering gender-affirming care.
The New York Times - 3d
Trump executive order aims to restrict transgender care access for people under 19

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
ABC News - 6d
Trump signs sweeping order to restrict trans care for minors nationwide

President Donald Trump signed a broad executive order targeting transition-related medical care for minors on Tuesday.
NBC News - 6d
Transgender inmate sues over Trump's order curtailing trans rights

The transgender woman said Trump's executive order would cut off her access to hormones and require that she be moved to a men's prison.
NBC News - Jan. 27
ACLU sues over Trump order aimed at ending birthright citizenship

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) late Monday launched a suit challenging an executive order from President Trump seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to ...
The Hill - Jan. 21

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