Stanford Medicine, Children’s Hospital LA and Kaiser stopped gender-affirming care for children this summer. In response, California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit against the government.

A coalition of 16 states and Washington, D.C. argue the Trump administration is trying to ban youth gender-affirming care without going through Congress.

Sixteen Democratic-run states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its moves against access to transgender procedures and treatment. In a 79-page lawsuit filed in the U.