Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over what they charge is a coordinated federal effort to intimidate health care providers into stopping gender-affirming care for individuals under age 19.

Democratic attorneys general and others are accusing President Donald Trump of intimidating hospitals into dropping 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.

Officials from 14 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for restricting access to certain health care procedures for children with gender dysphoria. One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19.

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

The new lawsuit argues Trump is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict care nationally while skirting state laws.

New York and more than a dozen other states are teaming up to sue the Trump administration in response to its aggressive nationwide effort to restrict

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The lawsuit argues the administration's actions have made doctors hesitant to provide care, even when it's lawful in their states.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has joined a coalition of 16 states and Washington seeking to stop the Trump administration from disallowing treatments for transgender youth, including surgeries and drug-based treatments like puberty blockers.