Unlawful Federal Overreach: Trump Administration’s Campaign Against Gender-Affirming Care Threatens Medical Freedom and Family Autonomy

The Trump administration’s recent actions targeting hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth reveal a dangerous pattern of federal overreach disguised as enforcement. Seventeen Democratic attorneys general and the Pennsylvania governor have sued, accusing the administration of unlawfully intimidating health providers and attempting to impose a nationwide ban where no federal law exists. This dispute isn’t merely about healthcare; it is about preserving America’s foundational principles of individual freedom, state sovereignty, and parental rights in decisions affecting children. The administration’s campaign—through subpoenas, investigations into alleged fraud, and public celebrations of hospital decisions to halt treatments—raises critical questions: How far...