Blue States Suing To Block Trump Admin From Cracking Down On Child Mutilation

A coalition of over a dozen blue states is suing the Trump administration in an attempt to block federal policies aimed at curbing transgender medical interventions for minors.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Boston, comes from 16 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C. It challenges President Donald Trump’s January executive order titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” which instructs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prioritize enforcement against so-called “gender-affirming” care — a term encompassing things like puberty blockers and surgeries — for minors.

“Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and his administration have relentlessly, cruelly, and unlawfully targeted transgender individuals,” the complaint reads. “The Trump administration has sought to deny their very existence, banish transgender residents from the public square, and refuse them medically necessary healthcare.”

Trump’s January executive order cuts off all federal funding for the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and threatens legal consequences for institutions that support the practices. In April, Attorney General Pam Bondi followed the president’s order with a directive calling on federal attorneys to investigate and prosecute doctors who perform or attempt to perform sex change surgeries on minors.

“Gender ideology, masked as science, teaches that children should process adolescent stress and confusion as a case of mistaken identity and that the solution is not to root out and eliminate the underlying condition but to acquiesce in it permanently through life-altering chemical and surgical intervention,” Bondi’s memo reads.