A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block policies the U.S. Department of Justice adopted under President Donald Trump to crack down on providers of medical gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

California and other liberal-led states sued the Trump administration Friday over efforts to end gender-affirming care nationwide.

A coalition of 16 states and D.C. argue in the lawsuit that the Trump administration is trying to effectuate a national ban on gender-affirming care for youth by intimidating hospitals and doctors.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Friday over President Donald Trump’s effort to use the Department of Justice to go after medical professionals who provide gender identity care to trans youth and 18-year-olds.

The lawsuit comes amid escalating efforts by the U.S. government to restrict the availability of certain services for transgender adolescents.

Officials in 16 states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit Friday to block the Trump administration’s investigations into hospitals and doctors who provide transition-related care to minors

RI AG Peter Neronha co-led a lawsuit Aug. 1 challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict access to health care for transgender youth.

Bonta, and other attorney general, accused the administration of unlawfully coercing medical providers to drop care.