‘Gender-affirming care is essential': Maryland Attorney General to protect access to gender-affirming care
MARYLAND () — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown released a joint statement Wednesday, expressing his commitment to protect people's access to gender-affirming care.
Brown and 15 other attorneys general joined the coalition due to President Donald Trump's restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare for people under 19 years old.
In the order, his administration calls gender-affirming care – such as puberty blockers or surgery – 'chemical and surgical mutilation.'
Brown and the other attorneys general denounced this categorization, calling gender-affirming care 'essential, life-saving medical treatment that supports individuals in living as their authentic selves.'
Maryland Attorney General: Trump's executive order on transgender rights 'threatens people's lives'
They also rejected the Trump Administration's claim that such care is connected to 'female genital mutilation' and stated the Executive Order is wrong on the science and the law.
Despite the administration's attempts to pause federal funding, the attorneys general said that federally-funded gender-affirming care is still available, regardless of the order.
'State attorneys general will continue to enforce state laws that provide access to gender-affirming care, in states where such enforcement authority exists, and we will challenge any unlawful effort by the Trump Administration to restrict access to it in our jurisdictions,' Brown and the attorneys wrote.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Washington Post
17 minutes ago
- Washington Post
Trump administration urges court not to dismiss case against Wisconsin judge
MADISON, Wis. — The Trump administration argued Monday that charges should not be dropped against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted for allegedly helping a man who is in the country evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal judge to reject a motion filed by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan seeking to dismiss the charges against her, saying doing so would be 'unprecedented' and allow judges to be above the law.
E&E News
20 minutes ago
- E&E News
‘Cognitive dissonance': Trump's science policy at odds with MAHA goals
The White House's inaugural 'Make America Healthy Again' report decried industry influence over environmental regulations. President Donald Trump's scientific integrity order, signed one day later, doesn't even refer to political interference. The May 23 executive order spelling out the standards for top-tier science 'doesn't mention the elephant in the room, which is political interference,' said Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, who recently retired as EPA's head of its research office after nearly 40 years with the agency. 'In fact, they almost seem to be encouraging it,' she continued. Advertisement Absent from the order are any mentions about independence to ensure federal researchers can do their work without political influence. That could be crucial for EPA, where Trump administration officials are planning to dissolve the agency's only office dedicated to independent research.
E&E News
20 minutes ago
- E&E News
Trump foes press Supreme Court to reject bid to restart layoffs
Unions and other groups challenging the Trump administration's plans for large-scale layoffs are urging the Supreme Court to reject the administration's latest bid to let those layoffs proceed. The Supreme Court should refuse the Trump administration's request to intervene, challengers said in a motion filed Monday. Their response comes after the Trump administration last week asked the justices to block a lower court's ruling that has paused layoffs across much of the government. 'If the breakneck reorganization of the federal government ordered by the President is implemented before the merits of this case may be decided based on a full record, then statutorily required and authorized programs, offices, and functions across the federal government will be abolished, agencies will be radically downsized from what Congress authorized, critical government services will be lost, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will lose their jobs,' says the response filed by unions, conservation groups and other organizations fighting the layoffs in court. Advertisement 'There will be no way to unscramble that egg,' they added. 'If the courts ultimately deem the President to have overstepped his authority and intruded upon that of Congress, as a practical matter there will be no way to go back in time to restore those agencies, functions, and services.'
