Trans Youths Halt Trump’s Order to Bar Gender-Affirming Care (1)

US health-care agencies can’t withhold federal money from entities or professionals that provide gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19-years old, pending a trial on the legality of executive orders directing the funding freeze, a federal court said Tuesday.

The plaintiffs—transgender individuals and the advocacy organizations PFLAG Inc. and GLMA— showed they’re likely to win on claims that President Donald Trump’s “gender-identity” and “health-care” executive orders exceeded his authority, are contrary to existing statutes, and infringe the individuals’ equal protection rights, the US District Court for the District of Maryland said.

The plaintiffs also showed that they have been irreparably ...