Attorney General Ellison wins temporary protections for gender-affirming care in Minnesota

Federal court order two-week halt to unconstitutional Trump order targeting gender-affirming care for youth in lawsuit by three attorneys general

February 14, 2025 (SAINT PAUL) — Today, a federal judge granted Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order against an executive order that would end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care. The order comes in the context of the lawsuit Attorney General Ellison filed on February 7 with the attorneys general of Washington and Oregon challenging the constitutionality of the order, including provisions that directed unconstitutional criminal enforcement against medical professionals and patients involved in such care.

“I will not sit back and allow Donald Trump to harass, target, and scapegoat vulnerable young people just trying to be themselves and live their lives,” said Attorney General Keith Ellison. “The temporary restraining order we won today protects evidence-based care for transgender youth, and it protects the medical personnel who provide that care. This is great news and is the beginning of this process, not the end. At the next hearing and beyond, I will continue working to prevent Donald Trump from unilaterally cutting medical funding allocated by Congress just so he can bully our young people.”

In granting the states’ request for a temporary restraining order, Judge Lauren King of the Western District of Washington writes that the president’s order “blatantly discriminated against trans youth.” The order lasts 14 days and is in effect in the states of Minnesota, Washington, and Oregon. A hearing at which Minnesota, Washington, and Oregon will argue for a preliminary injunction against the order is scheduled for February 28.