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Advocacy Groups Ask Court to Block Order Banning Funding for Transgender Procedures

They accuse Trump of overstepping his authority by threatening to withdraw federal funding from institutions that perform these procedures to those under 19.
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Advocacy Groups Ask Court to Block Order Banning Funding for Transgender Procedures
People protest as the Supreme Court hears a case over banning transgender procedures for minors in Washington on Dec. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
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2/6/2025|Updated: 2/6/2025
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Two advocacy groups have asked a federal court to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order that federal grantees not offer transgender procedures to children and teenagers under the age of 19.

A Feb. 5 filing argues for a temporary restraining order and accuses Trump of overstepping his authority by threatening to withdraw federal funding from institutions that perform these procedures.
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Sam Dorman is an editor for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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