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Is Trump’s executive order limiting access to gender-affirming care for youth in effect?

Here's where the order stands as of May 7, 2025.

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Candice Norwood

Justice Reporter

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2025-05-07 11:55
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President Donald Trump said in an executive order that the United States will not “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another.” Hospitals, clinics and medical schools that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth are at risk of losing federal funding.

  • February 13, 2025: Judge blocks Trump order seeking to halt gender-affirming care for trans youth
  • February 14, 2025: Trump directive ‘dangerously’ conflates gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
  • May 1, 2025: Administration condemns gender-affirming care for youth in report that finds ‘sparse’ evidence of harm

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