Democratic states sue Trump admin over ending sex change surgeries for minors
More than a dozen executives from Democratic-led states are suing to block the Trump administration from blocking access to sex change procedures and treatments for people under The complaint filed in the U S District Court for the District of Massachusetts argues that the administration effectively wants to impose a nationwide ban on sex change procedures by threatening providers with baseless criminal charges and investigations The federal authorities is running a cruel and targeted harassment campaign against providers who offer lawful lifesaving care to children New York Attorney General Letitia James who is leading the coalition of states in the suit disclosed in a declaration MAJOR CONNECTICUT HOSPITALS BEGIN 'WINDING DOWN' YOUTH GENDER PROGRAMS CITING 'EVOLVING LANDSCAPE' This administration is ruthlessly targeting young people who already face immense obstacles just to be seen and heard and are putting countless lives at danger in the process she added In New York and nationwide we will never stop fighting for the dignity safety and basic rights of the transgender neighborhood The lawsuit names President Donald Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department as defendants It challenges Trump's Jan executive order barring regime aid for sex change operations and treatments and two memos by Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate Bondi's memo directs the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute those who offer sex change treatments to minors Shumate s memo directs prosecutors to prioritize investigations against doctors hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that perform such procedures The Justice Department has launched probes into three children's hospitals for allegedly providing such treatments CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN DC TO END GENDER TRANSITION HEALTH INTERVENTIONS On Day One President Trump took decisive action to stop the despicable mutilation and chemical castration of children which everyday Americans resoundingly patronage White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers described Fox News Digital The President has the lawful authority to protect America s vulnerable children through executive action and the Administration looks forward to ultimate achievement on this issue In July Kaiser Permanente released that it would pause sex change surgeries for patients under beginning Aug in response to the Trump administration's efforts on the matter The same month Children s Hospital Los Angeles shuttered its Center for Transyouth Wellbeing and Maturation one of the nation s largest clinics for transgender young people The Children's National Hospital in Washington D C also declared that it will no longer provide gender transition-related curative interventions These changes have been touted by Defendants as precisely what was intended by their unlawful and disingenuous targeting the end of healthcare for transgender individuals under the complaint reads Plenty of states have laws restricting or banning sex change surgeries for children The states named in the lawsuit -- California Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Washington D C and Wisconsin allow such treatments Other nations have pushed back on sex change procedures for children In March the United Kingdom banned puberty blockers a class of drugs that suppresses sex hormones in adolescents by continually stimulating the pituitary gland -- for children seeking medication for gender dysphoria
