New York Attorney General Letitia James cautioned health care facilities about potential legal repercussions if they cease gender-affirming care due to an executive order issued by President Trump. This executive order aims to restrict access to such care for transgender youth, contradicting a newly passed constitutional amendment in New York that broadens anti-discrimination protections. James emphasized that refusing services to individuals based on their gender identity amounts to discrimination, highlighting the flaws in Trump's claims about gender-affirming treatments and the impact of such orders on marginalized communities.
Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status...is discrimination.
Doing so will violate state law. New York passed a constitutional amendment expanding protections against discrimination for transgender and nonbinary people.
Trump's order includes bogus claims that health care professionals are 'maiming and sterilizing' children and falsely suggests that many experience regret.
Trump's order bars federal assistance to health care centers providing gender-affirming care, clearly a discriminatory action against transgender youth.
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