Judge issues restraining order after Trump blocks federal funds for youth sex change operations

A judge in Washington state has issued a temporary restraining order over President Trump’s executive order that withholds federal funding to health care providers who prescribe youth puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or who perform surgeries for gender dysphoria. 

Judge Lauren King, in the Western Washington District Court, issued the order on Friday. 

It comes after a federal judge in Maryland issued a similar temporary retraining order this week.