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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Geoff Mulvihill

States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth

US Gender Affirming Care - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Seventeen Democratic officials accused President Donald Trump's administration of unlawfully intimidating health care providers into stopping gender-affirming care for transgender youth in a lawsuit filed Friday.

The complaint comes after a month in which at least eight major hospitals and hospital systems — all in states where the care is allowed under state law — announced they were stopping or restricting the care. The latest announcement came Thursday from UI Health in Chicago.

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