22 states sue Trump admin over "unprecedented" attack on gender-affirming carehttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/22-states-sue-admin-over-unprecedented-on-gender-affirming-care/ 🔗Faefyx Collington (3 Sep 2026)
A coalition of blue states has come together to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging its plan to strip federal funds from gender-affirming care for minors. The lawsuit alleges that the administration is overstepping its authority by trying to dictate what medical procedures can and can't be covered by federal funding.
"[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)] has disregarded the law and its own policy precedent in another attempt to restrict transgender individuals' access to crucial care," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. "We will not stand by as the Trump administration oversteps its authority and twists the facts to justify its bad-faith agenda against transgender Americans. We will continue to fight to secure access to medically necessary care and protect transgender individuals' abilities to prosper as their authentic selves."
The lawsuit targets Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of HHS, as well as Dr. Mehmet Oz in his role as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Last month, the departments finalized a plan to prevent federal Medicare and Medicaid plans from covering gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, and to bar plans under the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from covering the care for anyone under 19.
The plan spent months in a public comment period during which is received nearly 35,000 comments, over 90% of which opposed the plan. Despite this, the rule is set to go into effect on October 13 with little change to the text of the final document.-----------------------------------------------------
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