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

The HHS has deemed transgender procedures to be neither safe nor effective as a treatment for children with gender dysphoria.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington on March 27, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

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.