Colorado joins lawsuit against Trump's order blocking transgender procedures for minors
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Story by Elyse S. Apel (21 Feb 2025)
(The Center Square) – Colorado has joined yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time against a presidential order blocking transgender medical procedures.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser added the state to the lawsuit, one of many Colorado has signed onto in opposition to directives from President Donald Trump.
This lawsuit challenges an executive order signed by Trump on Jan. 28, titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation."
It includes both puberty blockers and surgical procedures, ending federal funding to any hospitals or medical schools participating in those.
The order states that insurance coverage for those treatments would also be discontinued in federal insurance programs, including Department of Defense plans.
"Parents, in consultation with trusted medical providers, know what is best for their child and should have the option to seek the care their child needs to live their best lives," Weiser said. "Gender-affirming care is legally protected health care in Colorado, and with this lawsuit Colorado hospitals will again be free to provide critical care."
Minnesota and Oregon have also joined the lawsuit, which called the executive order "an official statement of bigotry from the President," alleging it violates the Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee.