A Biden-appointed federal judge ordered the Trump administration to keep funding hospitals that perform child sex changes, according to several reports.
District of Maryland Judge Brendan A. Hurson issued a temporary restraining order during a hearing Thursday in response to a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order, which said the government would “no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another,” the New York Times reported.
_The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with LGBTQ activist groups, filed the lawsuit Feb. 4 on behalf of “two transgender young adults and five transgender adolescents” who claimed the order would block access to “necessary medical care solely on the basis of their sex and transgender status.”
Following Trump’s order to protect children from “chemical and surgical mutilation,” some hospitals announced they would no longer be offering hormone therapy to youth.
Trump’s order also directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enforce existing protections against female genital mutilation and prioritize investigations into entities “may be misleading the public about the long-term side effects of chemical and surgical mutilation” to protect consumers. Additionally, it called out “junk science” promoted by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and directed agencies to stop relying on the group’s guidance.
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