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Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 14 other attorneys general to reaffirm their commitment to providing access to so-called "gender-affirming care" after the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order on "Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation."
The Order says, "medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end."
"Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization," the Order continues.
But that's not how AG Tong and the blue state coalition sees it.
"Gender-affirming care is essential, life-saving medical treatment that supports individuals in living as their authentic selves," argued Tong and the coalition, calling the Executive Order "wrong on the science and the law."
"Despite what the Trump Administration has suggested, there is no connection between "female genital mutilation" and gender-affirming care, and no federal law makes gender-affirming care unlawful. President Trump cannot change that by Executive Order," argued Tong and the coalition.
The coalition then seemed to boast that "federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming care continues to be available, irrespective of President Trump’s recent Executive Order."
The group further promised more lawfare if the Trump administration stops funding gender affirming care.
The group also promised that state AGs "will continue to enforce state laws that provide access to gender-affirming care, in states where such enforcement authority exists."
Joining Attorney General Tong in issuing this statement are the AGs of California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Just to be clear, this is what they mean when they say "gender affirming care."
This is what Tong and his coalition are fighting so hard to "protect."
When they say “gender affirming care”, this is what they mean.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 6, 2025
This is one of the biggest medical scandals in modern history.
People need to go to prison for this. pic.twitter.com/Hkkc782Kxb
