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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order

Transgender Youth Care New York - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments.

In a letter, James told health care facilities that refusing to provide the treatments would violate New York's anti-discrimination laws.

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