The march of Federal Lawsuits and Judge decesions continues…..
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to keep federal funding in place for hospitals that offer gender-transition treatments for people under the age of 19.
The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Brendan A. Hurson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, came in a case brought by six transgender individuals between the ages of 12 and 18, along with parents and advocacy groups. They sued to block President Trump’s executive orders targeting medical treatments for trans youths.
The order is not a final decision on the legal issues but is a setback for the Trump administration. It creates a second legal roadblock to Mr. Trump’s broad effort to prohibit the government and taxpayer-funded institutions from recognizing transgender Americans according to their gender identities. Earlier this month, another federal judge blocked Mr. Trump’s directive to withhold gender-transition medical treatment for federal prisoners, and to house transgender women inmates with men.
Judge Hurson was appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Plaintiffs in the case, who live in Maryland, New York and Massachusetts, say that their access to gender-transition treatment is threatened by two executive orders Mr. Trump announced after his inauguration last month…..
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Media pieces on Federal judges now include the Mandatory info on who appointed the judge…..
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