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Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
CHKD to continue gender-affirming care in light of federal judge blocking Trump's order
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters sent a memo on plans to proceed with gender-affirming care after a federal judge blocked an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. CHKD suspending gender-affirming care for minors The executive order was aimed at withholding federal funding for institutions who provide gender-affirming care for those under 19. CHKD had suspended gender-affirming care to align with the president's orders, but have reevaluated their policies after it was blocked. LGBT Life Center reacts to gender-affirming care suspensions CHKD stated they plan to work with patients to continue their care based on an evaluation of each individual. This includes providing some patients with prescriptions, consultation and mental health services. However, CHKD has never provided surgical treatment as part of gender-affirming care. 'After careful analysis of the January 28 White House Executive Order as well as subsequent temporary restraining orders issued by courts in Maryland and Washington, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters shares the following update regarding the availability of gender-affirming care,' the hospital stated in a release. The temporary injunction of the federal block was extended on Friday, Feb. 28, by U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King. The latest case was led by four Democratic states of Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington; it was the second time a judge has blocked Trump's order on the matter. A continuous power struggle between states and the Republican administration has often put transgender individuals right in the middle of the onslaught with several executive orders cracking down on sports and military enrollment for transgender individuals. 'We will continue to monitor all legal and governmental determinations so that we can provide the best care possible within the scope of current laws and regulations,' the release states. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Second federal judge pauses Trump's order against gender-affirming care for youth
SEATTLE — A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King granted a temporary restraining order after the Democratic attorneys general of Washington state, Oregon and Minnesota sued the Trump administration last week. Three doctors joined as plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed in the Western District of Washington.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Judge issues restraining order after Trump blocks federal funds for youth sex change operations
A judge in Washington state has issued a temporary restraining order over President Trump's executive order that withholds federal funding to health care providers who prescribe youth puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or who perform surgeries for gender dysphoria. Judge Lauren King, in the Western Washington District Court, issued the order on Friday, two weeks after Trump signed the order, called "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation," on Jan. 28. It comes as a federal judge in Maryland issued a similar temporary restraining order on Thursday after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of families with transgender and nonbinary children who said they weren't able to get the health care they needed. Judge Brendan Hurson, who was nominated by Biden, set the order to last for 14 days as the case proceeds through the courts, Hospitals Nationwide Challenge Trump's Executive Order On Transgender Treatments For Minors King said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in the lawsuit because the executive order discriminates against transgender minors. Read On The Fox News App Trump's order says in part: "Across the country today, 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 through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation's history, and it must end." Trump later added on Truth Social, "Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called 'gender affirming care,' which has already ruined far too many precious lives. My Order directs Agencies to use every available means to cut off Federal financial participation in institutions which seek to provide these barbaric medical procedures, that should have never been allowed to take place!" Trans Youth Mental Health Psychiatrist Resigns From Ncaa Committee After Org Complies With Trump Order Mark Trammell, the executive director and general counsel of the Center for American Liberty, which represents some detransitioners in lawsuits, praised Trump's action. "President Trump is to be commended for his incredible leadership protecting vulnerable children from the gender industrial complex," Trammell said. "This executive order rightly distances federal agencies from the discredited World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) while also withholding federal funding from institutions that chemically and surgically mutilate kids." "It is pathetic that Joe Biden lacked the moral and intellectual clarity to issue such an executive order, instead elevating politics over the health of vulnerable children," he added. Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson said in response to the order, "Everyone deserves the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions for themselves and their families - no matter your income, zip code, or health coverage. This executive order is a brazen attempt to put politicians in between people and their doctors, preventing them from accessing evidence-based health care supported by every major medical association in the country." "It is deeply unfair to play politics with people's lives and strip transgender young people, their families, and their providers of the freedom to make necessary health care decisions. Questions about this care should be answered by doctors - not politicians — and decisions must rest with families, doctors, and the patient." Fox News' Louis Casiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Original article source: Judge issues restraining order after Trump blocks federal funds for youth sex change operations
