Overview

• The coalition’s complaint in federal court in Massachusetts seeks to halt enforcement of Trump’s January executive orders and related agency directives targeting care for those under 19.
• Plaintiffs allege the administration is attempting a de facto national ban without congressional approval, violating the Tenth Amendment and state nondiscrimination statutes.
• A June Justice Department memo directed civil attorneys to prioritize investigations of gender-affirming care providers and has produced over 20 subpoenas for clinics and physicians.
• Major health systems, including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Stanford Medicine and Kaiser Permanente, have suspended youth surgeries and closed care centers under federal pressure.
• The states are asking the court for declarations that the executive orders are unconstitutional and for an injunction barring the DOJ from penalizing providers who offer gender-affirming services to minors.