AThe federal court has rightly blocked the Trump administration's attempt to bully hospitals into abandoning transgender youth by threatening Medicare and Medicaid funding. HHS skipped required rulemaking procedures entirely, making this a textbook case of executive overreach. Gender-affirming care is evidence-based and medically endorsed by major organizations, and no federal agency getsshould get to bypass the law to strip it away.
This partisan, activist judge is the one overreaching. The science on pediatric gender interventions is far weaker than activists claim — the foundational Dutch studies had tiny sample sizes, no control groups and excluded the very kids now receiving these treatments. The U.K., Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway have all pulled back after rigorous reviews found no solid evidence of long-term benefit. HHS is simply aligning the U.S.United States with responsible medical practice already adopted across the developed world. This ruling must be overturned.
There's a 50% chance that seven members of the Trump cabinet will remain in their positions continuously until January 20, 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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