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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order On Health Care For Transgender Youth

People wave signs to passing cars during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children’s Hospital after the institution postponed some gender-affirming surgeries for minors following an executive order by President Donald Trump, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

A federal judge on Thursday blocked executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that target transgender people and their health care, giving temporary relief to LGBTQ individuals and their families, who braced for legal battles to continue.

U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson, who was appointed in 2023 by President Joe Biden, granted a temporary restraining order after a hearing in federal court in Baltimore. The government is expected to appeal the decision, which legal experts said could ultimately go to the Supreme Court.

“This is a population with an extremely higher rate for suicide, poverty, unemployment, drug addiction,” Hurson said during the hearing. Abruptly stopping their health treatments, he said, would be “horribly dangerous for anyone, for any care, but particularly for this extremely vulnerable population.”

 

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