“As state attorney general, we are firmly supportive of healthcare policies that respect the dignity and rights of all people,” the statement read.
A total of 14 lawyers have signed the statement Rob Bonta California's, Leticia James New York and Andrea Joy Campbell of New York, who led the charges.
The statement comes days after President Trump issued an executive order threatening federal support for treatment Adolescent Blocker, Hormonal replacement and Surgery For the young people.
The January 28th order seeks to limit transition-related care for adolescents and young adults up to the age of 19 and suspends spending on care through government-run insurance programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Tricare. I'm looking for it.
It is temporarily available at some medical centers in the US Gender-affirming care has been suspended Depending on the order, Nyu Langone Health's Tisch Hospital and Children's Hospital Los Angelespreviously provided transgender youth services.
The order directs federal agencies to suspend funding for healthcare providers that provide transgender healthcare services to minors and young people.
The Democratic Attorney General has argued that Trump's executive order is wrong about “science and law.”
Both Bonta and James said earlier this week that if hospitals denying patients deny gender-affirming care, they risk violating the anti-discrimination law. And several families with transgender children sued the Trump administration on executive order, claiming it was illegal and unconstitutional.
“Despite what the Trump administration suggests, there is no connection between “female genital mutilation” and gender maintenance care, and federal law does not make gender-maintaining care illegal,” the statement added. Masu. “President Trump cannot change that through executive orders.”
