A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit seeking to block policies the U.S. Department of Justice adopted under President Trump to crack down on providers of medical gender-affirming care for transgender youth, Nate Raymond reports.
Sixteen states along with the District of Columbia in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston argued that Trump unconstitutionally trampled on their rights to regulate medicine with an executive order in January that directed prosecutors to prioritize investigations of transgender youth care.
The executive order, which also directed an end to all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids the transition of transgender youth, formed the basis of two recent Justice Department directives the lawsuit also challenges.
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