Trans advocates file suit challenging Trump EO on medical care
PFLAG National and GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, along with several transgender young adults and families with transgender youth, today (Tuesday, Feb.
4) filed a joint lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent executive order attempting to shut down access to necessary medical care for transgender people under 19 nationwide.
Trump’s executive order directs federal agencies to withhold funds from medical providers and institutions that offer gender-affirming medical treatments such as puberty suppressants and hormone therapies to anyone under 19, threatening to shut down access to essential health care that is already out-of-reach for many, plaintiffs say.
If enforced, plaintiffs said, the order would deny critical federal funds to hospitals, clinics, doctors and other providers, leading some provider networks to prematurely cancel appointments with transgender youth and announce they are ceasing care altogether.
