Seattle (AP) – President Donald Trump’s plan Trek federal financing From institutions that offer gender -confirming care for transgender youngsters, remain blocked in the long term under the ruling of a federal court in Seattle at the end of Friday.
Judge Lauren King of the American court previously granted a limitation of two weeks after the Democratic Attorney General of Washington, Oregon and Minnesota Adopted the Trump administration – Colorado has since become a member of the case.
King’s temporary order went on Friday, and she kept arguments that day before she carried out a provisional order that blocks the majority of Trump’s plan pending a definitive decision about the merits of the case. She rejected part of the challenge of the States with regard to the protection of the order against genital mutilation of women, on the basis of the fact that in such cases there is “no credible threat of prosecution”.
Two of Trump’s executive orders are discussed in the case.
One, “women defend against extremism of gender ideology,” calls for stripping federal money from programs that “promote gender ideology”.
The other, “protecting children against chemical and surgical mutilation,” calls on the federal government to reduce research and educational subsidies for institutions, including medical schools and hospitals, which offer gender -confirming care to people under the age of 19.
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Medicaid programs in some states treat gender -confirming care, and Trump’s “protective children” order suggests that practice could end. It also increases the prospect that medical professionals can be criminally charged for providing gender-confirming care under a law that prohibits unnecessary genital mutilation of minor women-an idea that the states that sue Trump and legally do not support.
Young people who constantly identify as a gender that differs from their gender that was assigned at birth – a condition called gender dysphoria – have a much more chance of suffering from serious depression and kill themselves if they do not receive treatment, including evaluation by a team of medical professionals; a social transition, such as changing a hairstyle or pronouns; And ultimately puberty blockers or hormones. Surgery is extremely rare for minors.
In her reigning Friday, the judge said that the order was not limited to children or to irreversible treatments and that it is not aimed at medical interventions that are performed on Cisgender children.
“In fact, the insufficient ‘resources-end’ would prevent medical care providers from providing the necessary medical treatments to transgender young people who are not completely related to gender identity,” she wrote. “For example, a Cisgender -Teenage could obtain puberty blockers from a provider as a part of the treatment of cancer, but a transgender -teenager with the same cancer care plan was not possible.”
In his arguments on Friday, Washington Assistant Attorney -General William McGinty emphasized the urgency of the issue.
“There will be young people who will take their lives if they can no longer receive this care,” he said.
The executive order uses mocking terminology – words such as “mutilation”, “sterilizing” and “mutilation” – that contradicts what is typical of Gender-confirming care In the United States. Such care is widely endorsed by the medical community, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
King, the judge in Seattle, grilled lawyer of the Ministry of Justice Vinita Andrapalliyal in court on the meaning and effect of the executive orders of Trump.
“What is gender dysphoria?” she asked.
“Honorable, I am not a medical care provider,” answered Anrapalliyal.
“It’s one thing, correct?” King asked. “It’s a medically recognizable diagnosis?”
“I don’t have an official position about that,” said Anrapalliyal.
The judge insisted and said that she was “looking for a legitimate government interest” that the orders of Trump would justify.
The four Democratic lawyers -general suggesting in Seattle argued that the orders violate the protection of equal rights, the separation of powers and the right of states to regulate issues that have not been delegated to the federal government.
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The Trump government disputed those claims before the court applications. “The president’s authority to lead subordinate agencies to implement his agenda, subject to the own legal authorities of those agencies, is well established,” wrote the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice.
In addition to orders on access to health care and Define the sexes as unchangeableTrump has also signed orders that open the door to prohibit transgender people from military service; Set up new rules on how Schools can teach about gender; and would Prohibition of transgender athletes From participating in girls and women’s sports.
Many legal challenges have been submitted.