Second judge blocks Trump order on gender transition care for youths

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Second judge blocks Trump order on gender transition care for youths

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Story by Jenna Portnoy (4 March 2025)

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide order blocking executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that target transgender young people and their health care, clearing the way for hospitals to provide the treatment.

The ruling comes days after a judge in Seattle blocked the executive order on gender transition care for youths in Washington, Minnesota, Oregon and Colorado in a lawsuit brought by attorneys general in those states.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson granted a preliminary injunction in a case filed in Baltimore, saying plaintiffs had shown that the lawsuit was likely to succeed on grounds that the executive orders overstepped the president's authority, conflict with laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and are unconstitutional. The decision came a day before a temporary restraining order was set to expire in the case.

"The challenged provisions of the Executive Orders place significant conditions on federal funding that Congress did not prescribe," Hurson wrote. "This, the Constitution simply does not allow, as "[t]here is no provision in the Constitution that authorizes the President to enact, to amend, or to repeal statutes."

"Health-care institutions across the country are now free to resume or continue providing the gender-affirming medical care that is necessary without having to worry doing so will cut off the money for advance research, training their medical staff and all the things that health-care institutions need to do," Loewy said.