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Judge blocks executive order restricting healthcare for transgender youth

2025-02-14 07:41:42Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at restricting health care for gender reassignment procedures for transgender people under the age of 19.

The judge's decision came after a lawsuit was filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender children who claim their health care has been compromised by the president's order. A national organization for families of LGBTQ+ members of the community and a doctors' organization are also parties to the lawsuit, one of many challenging one of the many executive orders President Trump has signed.

Judge Brendan Hurson, appointed to the position by former President Joe Biden, granted the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order after a hearing in federal court in Baltimore. The ruling, effective for 14 days, essentially puts President Trump's directive on hold while the case continues. The restraining order can also be extended.

Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal insurance programs to exclude coverage for gender reassignment care. This includes Medicaid, which covers such services in some states, and the TRICARE program for military families. President Trump’s order also called on the Justice Department to prioritize lawsuits and draft legislation to challenge the practice.

The lawsuit includes several accounts from families of canceling appointments with doctors as medical institutions are reacting to the new directive.

The plaintiffs' lawyers argue that President Trump's executive order is "illegal and unconstitutional" because it seeks to stop federal funds previously authorized by Congress and because it violates anti-discrimination laws while violating parents' rights.

Like legal challenges to state bans on gender reassignment care, the lawsuit also claims the policy is discriminatory because it allows federal funds to cover the same treatments when they are not used for gender transition.

Some hospitals immediately halted gender reassignment care, including prescriptions for puberty-blocking drugs and hormone therapy, while they assess how the new order affects them.

President Trump’s approach to the issue represents an abrupt shift from former President Biden’s administration, which sought to specifically expand civil rights protections for transgender people. President Trump has used strong language in his opposition to gender reassignment care, saying without providing evidence that “medical professionals are mutilating and sterilizing an astonishingly large number of children under the radical and false pretense that adults can change the sex of a child.”

Major medical organizations such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics support access to healthcare for gender reassignment.

Young people who consistently identify as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth are first evaluated by a team of professionals. Some may experience a social transition, including changing their hairstyle or how they are addressed. Some may later take puberty-blocking drugs or hormones. Surgery is extremely rare for minors./VOA


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