Attorney generals of three states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday for attempting to bar children from accessing gender change procedures.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in late January entitled “Protecting children from chemical and surgical amputations.” The goal is to limit “chemical and surgical” sex change procedures for minors.
“Today, medical professionals are hurting more and more impressive children under the fundamental and false claims that adults can change their child's sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions; It's sterilized,” the executive order said. “This dangerous trend has to become a taint in our country's history and end.”
Since then, local Democrat officials across the country have resisted, claiming that Trump is trying to strip vulnerable American citizens of his fundamental rights. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, Minnesota Keith Ellison, and Oregon Dan Rayfield have filed lawsuits seeking to argue that Trump's orders are not only “cruel” but are unconstitutional.
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“This order is a cruel and unfounded broad side to transgender youth, their families, and the doctors and medical institutions that provide this life-saving system. It is an official statement of bias from the president, and the institutions are vulnerable. It is to instruct young people to openly discriminate against them. Their transgender status and the foundations of sexuality,” the lawsuit read. “It is also a blatant abuse of power. The order seizes the power of the state's historic police to ban spending and legislative powers belonging to Congress solely, and violates the 10th Amendment and regulates medical practices. Masu.”
Litigation He also opposed the very name of the executive order, claiming that “surgical amputation” was “false and abominable.”
The lawsuit also states that “the executive order is “blatantly unconstitutional” because it violates the right to equal protection guaranteed by the fifth amendment to the US Constitution, in order to elect one vulnerable group for abuse. It's claiming. Treatment that confirms the patient's gender if it is inconsistent with the patient's gender. ”
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC at his elliptical office. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
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The lawsuit also argues that the executive order “violates the constitutional separation of powers by robbing Congress of legislative power.” Provide safe, effective and necessary medical care. ”
Attorney General Nick Brown Press conference Friday called Trump's executive orders “nasty” and “hate.”
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“We will always take action against illegal activities because this President's order is terrible, disgusting and hatred. However, because of the hatred behind this, this is special. It has a resonance,” he said. “It promotes harassment and discrimination against people who are already marginalized. It carries the risk of their literal health and safety and their providers. We are committed to this being an emergency. It calls for a temporary restraining order to immediately stop any harm that is present.
