California files claim for cancellation of orders aimed at affirming gender

From Anna B. IbaraCalmness

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Trump Administration Restrictions on Caring for Confirmation of Transsexual and Unbound Youths District Constitution and undermine State Laws Requireing Equal Access to Medical Treatment, according to a case brought today by General Prosecutor Rob Bonta and 14 other states and Colombia County.

The trial brought to the US District Court for Massachusetts County is directed Enforcement order in January This makes US policy not to “fund, sponsor, promote, support or support” gender transition for people under 19. The order threatens to withdraw federal funding from medical institutions that provide this type of care.

“The result is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation experienced by transgender individuals, their families and careful care, and medical professionals who seek only to provide the necessary, legitimate care to their patients,” the General Lawyer wrote in the case.

This notes the 37th case California has brought against the Trump administration.

Care, affirming gender, is legal and protected for people 18 years of age in California. Certain treatments are also available to younger people with the consent of the parents. The trial comes as one of the largest medical providers in state-owned gender-promoting services.

The Trump administration has “stepped on the rights of the state, exceeding its constitutional body and threatening vulnerable minors and 18-year-olds,” said Bont Friday a press conference, announcing the case with the Illinois and Connecticut General Bar.

The US Department of Justice employees did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on the case.

Suppliers have scaled back care

Following the executive order of Trump, the Ministry of Justice directed employees to investigate doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that provide gender care. In July, US Prosecutor Pamela Bondi General declared in a statement that her department They had issued more than 20 summons to medical suppliers as he examined “healthcare fraud, fake statements and more.”

Fearing prosecution, suppliers returned to provide this type of care, which left many patients without critical medical help, Bont said. Care includes hormonal therapy, puberty blockers and surgical procedures. Research indicates that the care confirming sex It can positively affect the mental health of transsexual youth. Forcing young people to wait until they are 19 years old to start care, allows the symptoms of gender dysphoria to worsen, Bont said.

General state lawyers claim that joining Trump’s orders puts suppliers contrary to the laws on the age of the state and the laws for the age of the set. In California, it is illegal to deny care based on sexual identity and expression of gender. At the same time, many medical suppliers rely largely on federal funding in the form of grants for research and education, as well as reimbursements from public payment programs such as Medi-Cal.

The Trump Administration Directives have already forced several suppliers to stop the services. Last month Los Angeles Children’s Hospital Close your gender care centerForcing about 3,000 patients under 21 to look elsewhere.

“The exclusion has come despite the efforts that my office has taken in recent months to guarantee (Los Angeles Children’s Hospital) that they are protected and are required to provide gender care,” Bont said.

Stanford Medicine has also stopped surgical procedures for people under 19. And this week Kaiser Permanent has announced that he would too Pause, affirming gender operations As of August 29, noting that hormonal therapies will still be available.

The executive order, which is disputed, is only one of the few Trump has issued transsexual people. Others include one that recognizes only two biological genders, a second that Prevents transsexual girls and women From participation in women’s sport and one third, which threatens federal funds for schools that support transgender young people.

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