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CV NEWS FEED // Maryland-based US District Judge Brendan Hurson issued a temporary restraining order Feb. 13 blocking the Trump administration from defunding the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and teens under 19.
Hurson’s order specifically blocks section four of President Donald Trump’s executive order “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” and section three of the order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” according to outlet NTD. NBC News reports that the restraining order applies for 14 days and that the plaintiffs’ attorneys intend to get a preliminary injunction before the restraining order ends.
“Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” states that heads of all executive departments and agencies “that provide research or education grants to medical institutions… [shall] immediately take appropriate steps to ensure that institutions receiving Federal research or education grants end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
The order states that the maiming and sterilization of so many children, which “will be a stain on our Nation’s history,” must be brought to an end.
“Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding,” the order states. “Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.”
Earlier this month, the organization PFLAG, originally known as “Parent, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,” and the association GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality launched a lawsuit against Trump to block this defunding, NTD reported. Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit are five teenagers and two 12-year-old children identified as “transgender” by their parents and counselors, according to CBS News. Court filings state that all seven have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
NDT reports that the lawsuit also targets section three of “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism,” which states in part that “federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology,” and mandates agencies to remove policies, statements, and other communications that promote gender ideology.
The plaintiffs allege that these sections of the orders are unconstitutional. According to NTD, when Hurson granted the temporary restraining order, he said a compelling argument from the plaintiffs was that the administration’s actions are actually in the jurisdiction of Congress.
NBC News reports that Harrison Fields, the Trump White House press secretary principal deputy, stated after Hurson’s ruling that the administration is confident the lawfulness of the executive orders will withstand court scrutiny.
Legal challenges against the administration’s actions, he said, are “nothing more than an attempt to undermine the will of the American people, who overwhelming[ly] elected President Trump to secure the border, revitalize the economy, and restore common-sense policies.”
