In August, the Trump administration issued a new rule: no Medicaid funding for most types of gender-affirming care for children.
Now, a group of transgender New Hampshire girls are suing the federal government to reverse the change, and U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe is deciding whether to pause the rule during the yearslong legal battle the lawsuit is likely to entail.
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