Overview

• Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo directing Justice Department employees to enforce policies targeting gender-affirming care for minors, as outlined in President Trump's January 2025 executive order.
• The memo mandates investigations into medical providers and pharmaceutical companies accused of misleading the public about the side effects of treatments for transgender youth.
• Bondi's memo characterizes gender-affirming care as harmful and driven by 'gender ideology,' contrasting with the medical community's consensus that such care is clinically appropriate and lifesaving.
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMehmet Oz, recently ordered state Medicaid programs to cease funding gender-affirming treatments for minors.
• Twenty-six states have enacted laws banning or restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, reflecting a broader nationwide campaign to limit access to such treatments.