Seven families of transgender children have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order that blocks federal funds to health facilities providing gender-affirming care to minors. This legal action, undertaken with representations from major advocacy groups like the ACLU and Lambda Legal, argues that Trump's order unlawfully restricts funds allocated by Congress and jeopardizes essential medical care for transgender youth. The lawsuit highlights the need for ongoing treatment supported by extensive medical literature, emphasizing the serious risks posed by denying such care to transgender individuals.
The President does not have unilateral power to withhold federal funds that have been previously authorized by Congress and signed into law, and the President does not have the power to impose his own conditions on the use of funds when Congress has not delegated to him the power to do so.
Trump's executive order has had 'concrete and immediate effects,' including care centers across the country ending 'the provision of ongoing and essential gender-affirming medical care to transgender patients.'
Decades of clinical experience and a large body of scientific and medical literature support the ongoing treatment of trans patients listed in the lawsuit, noting that if they are left untreated, it could have 'serious consequences for the health and wellbeing of transgender people, including adolescents.'
President Trump has shown a clear determination to use every lever of government to impose his beliefs on Americans, disregarding the needs and rights of vulnerable populations.
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