A federal court in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday suspending Donald Trump’s executive order banning federal funds from going to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for transgender patients under 19 — and it appears to actually be working to undo the initial impact of the order.
The executive order, while not a legal directive with immediate ramifications for medical systems, spurred hospitals across the country to pause care for trans youth in anticipation of threats to their funding.
Now, though, the court’s restraining order has caused at least one medical system to reverse course. The University of Virginia health system, one of the largest hospital systems in the state, will resume providing gender-affirming care for trans youth, NOTUS has learned.