Maryland Among States Challenging HHS Declaration Limiting Gender-Affirming Care for Young People

States Sue HHS to Keep Federal Dollars for Transgender Procedures for Minors

A coalition of 19 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over proposed measures aimed at preventing federal dollars from being spent on transgender procedures for minors. The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 23 in Oregon, and it names the HHS, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general as defendants. At issue is a pair of proposed rules from the HHS’s Centers…

States Sue HHS to Keep Federal Dollars for Transgender Procedures for Minors - The Thinking Conservative News

Coalition of 19 Democrat-led states and DC sue HHS over proposals to bar federal funding for transgender medical procedures for minors. The post States Sue HHS to Keep Federal Dollars for Transgender Procedures for Minors appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.

States reject plan to block gender-affirming — what HHS calls 'sex rejecting'

Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order protecting gender-affirming care in Maryland on June 5, 2023. (Photo courtesy the Governor's Office)Maryland joined 18 states and the District of Columbia Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging a Health and Human Services declaration last week that health care facilities offering gender-affirming care to minors would be barred from Medicare and Medicaid. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oreg…

Maryland joins lawsuit challenging federal limits on gender-affirming care

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States, including Michigan, reject HHS plan to block gender-affirming care for minors

Attendees of a Transgender Day of Visibility rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)Maryland joined 18 states and the District of Columbia Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging a Health and Human Services declaration last week that health care facilities offering gender-affirming care to minors would be barred from Medicare and Medicaid. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Co…

States reject plan to block gender-affirming - what HHS calls 'sex rejecting'