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

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

“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

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

The #DOJ under #Trump alleged the #law was impeding its ability to address a "crisis of illegal immigration" & argued the law interfered with the enforcement of federal #immigration laws in #NewYork.

It argued the #federal immigration law preempted the #state law & that NY's law impermissibly regulates the federal government in violation of the US #Constitution. The DOJ asked the judge to block its enforcement.