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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks President Trump’s Executive Order Prohibiting Funding On Transgender Medical Treatments For Minors

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order prohibiting transgender medical treatments for anyone under 19.

WATCH:

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson issued a temporary restraining order after six individuals sued the administration over the executive order.

“The ruling came after a lengthy hearing in which Judge Brendan Hurson repeatedly expressed doubt about the Trump administration’s position. The administration had argued that the order was focused on directing agencies to develop plans for revoking funding rather than an outright order to immediately revoke funding for organizations that provide transgender procedures,” The Epoch Times wrote.

Per CBS News:

The ACLU, which is representing a group of transgender young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria and LGBTQ advocacy groups, said U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson issued a temporary restraining order from the bench following a hearing on their bid to temporarily block enforcement of the restrictions.

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The challengers have argued that the Trump administration’s actions violate the Constitution and discriminate on the basis of sex and transgender status.

Mr. Trump’s executive action requires federal agencies to ensure medical institutions that receive federal research or education grants end the so-called “chemical and surgical mutilation of children,” defined as those under the age of 19. Medical treatments covered by the order include puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical procedures.

“It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” the order states.

From The New York Times:

Plaintiffs in the case, who live in Maryland, New York and Massachusetts, say that their access to gender-transition treatment is threatened by two executive orders Mr. Trump announced after his inauguration last month.

One order directs federal agencies to ensure that grant funding for research or education does not support “gender ideology,” which it defines as the idea that “males can identify as, and thus become women and vice versa.” The second order specifically directs agencies to withhold funds from medical providers who offer puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries to people younger than 19 for the purpose of gender transition.

After Mr. Trump issued that order, the lawsuit says, several clinics canceled appointments. The plaintiffs noted a White House news release from earlier this month, which stated that the order is “already having its intended effect,” and cited several announcements from hospitals.

The lawsuit names as defendants officials at the Department of Health and Human Services and several agencies that provide medical research and education grants, including the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Science Foundation. The individual plaintiffs are not named in court filings, and they are described using pseudonyms.

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In court documents, plaintiffs and their families said they feared negative effects, including anxiety, depression and unwanted physical changes, if treatment is withheld. A 14-year-old who lives in Maryland, known in the lawsuit as Gabe Goe, had planned to start hormone therapy in late January, court documents say, but his provider told him that it had paused gender-transition treatment for patients younger than 19.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up.

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