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States accuse Trump of intimidating hospitals to drop gender-affirming care

States accuse Trump of intimidating hospitals to drop gender-affirming care

Seventeen Democratic officials accused President Donald Trump’s administration of unlawfully intimidating health care providers into stopping gender-affirming care for transgender youth in a lawsuit filed Friday. The complaint comes after a month in which at least eight major hospitals and hospital systems — all in states where the care is allowed under state law — announced they were stopping or …

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California, other states sue Trump over order threatening gender-affirming care providers

California, other states sue Trump over order threatening gender-affirming care providers

California and a coalition of other liberal-led states sued the Trump administration Friday over efforts to end gender-affirming care for transgender, intersex and nonbinary children and young adults nationwide — calling them an unconstitutional attack on LGBTQ+ patients, healthcare providers and states’ rights. The lawsuit was brought by California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and officials from 15 other states and …

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