By Landon Mion Fox News 12/24/2025
Nearly 20 states sue HHS over declaration to restrict gender transition treatment for minorsThe coalition is challenging HHS' declaration warning doctors could lose access to Medicare, Medicaid programs for providing gender transition treatment to minorsA group of 19 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a declaration that aims to restrict gender transition treatment for minors.
The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and its inspector general comes after the declaration issued last week described treatments such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender surgeries as unsafe and ineffective for children experiencing gender dysphoria.
The declaration also warned doctors they could be excluded from federal health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, if they provide these treatments to minors.
The move seeks to build on President Donald Trump's executive order in January calling on HHS to protect children from "chemical and surgical mutilation."
"We are taking six decisive actions guided by gold standard science and the week one executive order from President Trump to protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation," Kennedy said during a press conference last week.
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