Judge blocks order threatening funding for transgender youth care
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown listens to a question during a news conference after a hearing in federal court in Seattle, on Friday over President Donald Trump's order against gender-affirming care for youth. Credit: AP/Manuel Valdes
SEATTLE — 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.
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