gender-affirming care

People standing outside an office building with signs.

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Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth

The Associated Press

A second federal judge has paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.

People wave signs to passing cars during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital after the institution postponed some gender-affirming surgeries for minors following an executive order by President Donald Trump, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle.

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Gender-affirming care at Seattle Children's uncertain after Trump order

Kirsten Kendrick

The executive order, temporarily blocked by a federal court in Baltimore, threatens federal funding to hospitals providing gender-affirming care for people under age 19.

FILE - Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks during a press availability after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in a case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Seattle.

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WA sues Trump administration over order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

The Associated Press

The State of Washington is suing the Trump Administration for threatening to cut federal funding to medical facilities that provide gender-affirming care.

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Idaho House of Representatives debates legislation in the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho.

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Idaho asks 9th Circuit to lift injunction on transgender care ban

James Dawson

A panel of three judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday repeatedly questioned the state of Idaho’s decision to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors.