19 #States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors

The coalition of states seeks to stop a #Trump admin effort to cut off #federal #funding to #hospitals that provide such care.

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #TransRights #discrimination #bigotry #GenderAffirmingCare #Medicare #Medicaid
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/states-lawsuit-kennedy-gender-care-hospitals.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

“Secretary Kennedy cannot unilaterally change medical standards by posting a document online,” #NYAG #LetitiaJames, one of the #states in the lawsuit, said in a statement Tuesday. “And no one should lose access to medically necessary #health care because their #federal government tried to interfere in decisions that belong in doctors’ offices.”

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #TransRights #discrimination #bigotry #GenderAffirmingCare #healthcare #hospitals #funding #Medicare #Medicaid #Trump

Part of the underpinning of that plan is an unironic declaration by #RFKJr that gender-related treatments for minors “fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care.” In the suit, the states argue that the declaration is unlawful & a government overreach.

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #TransRights #discrimination #bigotry #GenderAffirmingCare #healthcare #hospitals #funding #Medicare #Medicaid #Trump

A coalition of 19 #states Tues sued to block the #Trump admin’s plan to strip #federal #funding from #hospitals providing gender-related care for minors, a policy that would effectively shut down any #health care providers that failed to comply.

That plan, announced Thurs by “Health” Secy #RFKJr, would cut off all #Medicaid & #Medicare payments — which make up a major share of #hospital revenue — to any facility that provides minors with gender-related treatments in the country.

#law

19 #States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors

The coalition of states seeks to stop a #Trump admin effort to cut off #federal #funding to #hospitals that provide such care.

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #TransRights #discrimination #bigotry #GenderAffirmingCare #Medicare #Medicaid
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/states-lawsuit-kennedy-gender-care-hospitals.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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마리사 메이어(Marissa Mayer)의 신생 회사 'Dazzle AI'가 AI를 보다 직관적으로 만들기 위해 800만 달러의 자금을 조달했다는 소식. 사용자 경험(UX) 중심 AI 스타트업의 초기 펀딩 뉴스이다.

https://x.com/itmedia_news/status/2003597760642318423

#startup #funding #dazzleai #marissamayer

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마리사 메이어(Marissa Mayer)의 신생 회사 'Dazzle AI'가 AI를 보다 직관적으로 만들기 위해 800만 달러의 자금을 조달했다는 소식. 사용자 경험(UX) 중심 AI 스타트업의 초기 펀딩 뉴스이다.

https://x.com/itmedia_news/status/2003597760642318423

#startup #funding #dazzleai #marissamayer

Federal judge says #Trump admin must restore #disaster money to #Democratic #states

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin’s attempt to reallocate federal #HomelandSecurity #funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal #immigration enforcement.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-sanctuary-city-trump-fema-9c441d9cbe953a8ecd78123f0fe8a64e

“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.

Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."

https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/

#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth

Marissa Mayer's new AI startup Dazzle raised $8M at a $35M valuation - modest figures that contrast sharply with multi-billion rounds elsewhere in AI. Her previous venture Sunshine burned $20M over seven years with roughly 1,000 total downloads. The funding gap may signal investor caution around consumer AI ventures with uncertain product-market fit.

#AI #startups #funding

https://www.implicator.ai/marissa-mayers-dazzle-ai-raises-8-million-that-number-tells-you-everything/

Marissa Mayer's new AI startup Dazzle raised $8M at a $35M valuation - modest figures that contrast sharply with multi-billion rounds elsewhere in AI. Her previous venture Sunshine burned $20M over seven years with roughly 1,000 total downloads. The funding gap may signal investor caution around consumer AI ventures with uncertain product-market fit.

#AI #startups #funding

https://www.implicator.ai/marissa-mayers-dazzle-ai-raises-8-million-that-number-tells-you-everything/

McElroy notably cited the recent #BrownUniversity attack, where a gunman killed 2 students & injured 9 others, as an event where the $1 billion federal program would be vital in responding to such a tragedy.

“To hold hostage #funding for programs like these based solely on what appear to be defendants’ #political whims is unconscionable &, at least here, #unlawful,” the Rhode Island-based judge wrote in her ruling, issued little more than a week after the Brown shooting.

#law #Trump

“Defendants’ wanton abuse of their role in #federal grant administration is particularly troublesome given the fact that they have been entrusted with a most solemn duty: safeguarding our nation & its citizens,” McElroy wrote. “While the intricacies of administrative #law & the terms & conditions on federal grants may seem abstract to some, the #funding at issue here supports vital #counterterrorism & law enforcement programs.”

#judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration #Trump

“Neither a law degree nor a degree in mathematics is required to deduce that no plausible, rational formula could produce this result,” McElroy added.

The #Trump appointed judge then ordered DHS to restore the previously announced #funding allocations to the plaintiff #states.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration

In her 48-page ruling, McElroy found that the #federal government was weighing #states’ police on federal #immigration enforcement on whether to reduce federal #funding for the #HomelandSecurity Grant Program & others.

“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary & capricious?” McElroy wrote.

#law #judiciary #Trump

#US District Judge Mary McElroy’s ruling Monday solidified a win for the coalition of 12 attorneys general that sued the admin after being alerted that their #states would receive drastically reduced federal grants due to “sanctuary” jurisdictions.

The cuts were unveiled after a separate federal judge in a different legal challenge ruled it was #unconstitutional for the #federal govt to require states to cooperate on #immigration enforcement actions to get #FEMA #disaster #funding.

#law #Trump

Federal judge says #Trump admin must restore #disaster money to #Democratic #states

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin’s attempt to reallocate federal #HomelandSecurity #funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal #immigration enforcement.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-sanctuary-city-trump-fema-9c441d9cbe953a8ecd78123f0fe8a64e