A federal judge Thursday blocked parts of two executive orders issued by President Trump that collectively seek to restrict gender-affirming care.
U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson at the conclusion of a hearing found a group of transgender teens and LGBTQ organizations that sued were likely to prevail on all of their claims that the orders are without authority and amount to illegal and unconstitutional discrimination.
“Stopping care in the middle of receiving it, any care, really, casts doubt on whether in fact the goals are to protect the recipients of the care,” said Hurson, an appointee of former President Biden.
It adds to a series of court orders across the country in recent days temporarily blocking Trump’s actions, ranging from orders restricting birthright citizenship to transferring incarcerated transgender women to male facilities to Trump’s firing of the head of a whistleblower office.
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