Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth

By GENE JOHNSON
Updated 2:53 PM EST, March 1, 2025

SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge’s ruling in Seattle late Friday.

U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King previously granted a two-week restraining order after the Democratic attorneys general of Washington, Oregon and Minnesota sued the Trump administration — Colorado has since joined the case.

King’s temporary order expired Friday, and she held arguments that day before issuing a preliminary injunction blocking most of Trump’s plan pending a final decision on the merits of the case.

The judge found the states lacked standing on one point: the order’s protections against female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation is already illegal in the four states that are part of the lawsuit, and the judge said the record “is bereft of any evidence” that the plaintiffs plan to perform such procedures.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-gender-affirming-care-14ff427c42ac52e37305ae51fd5a66bb

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. That's great, but his people will just do it anyway.

Then, what?