{"id":2398537,"date":"2025-02-04T07:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-letitia-james-defies-trump-sends-sickening-transgender-order-to-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T07:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:04:29","slug":"new-york-ag-letitia-james-defies-trump-sends-sickening-transgender-order-to-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-letitia-james-defies-trump-sends-sickening-transgender-order-to-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"New York AG Letitia James Defies Trump, Sends Sickening Transgender Order to Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-ag-letitia-james-defies-trump-sends-sickening-transgender-order-to-hospitals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In response\u200b to \u2064President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent executive order aimed \u2063at terminating gender-affirming procedures for minors, New York Attorney General \u2062Letitia James has\u2063 taken\u200d a firm stance. She sent a letter to hospitals across the state, warning them against complying with the order, which seeks to \u200bprevent what \u200cTrump \u200bcalls &#8220;the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.&#8221; The order influences\u200c federal grant conditions and \u200dextends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-secretary-announces-major-directional-shift-in-federal-health-policy\/\" title=\"HHS Secretary Announces Major Directional Shift in Federal Health Policy\">federally funded health programs<\/a> like Medicare and \u2062Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Several hospitals, including\u200c Denver \u200bHealth,\u200d VCU Health, and Lurie \u200dChildren\u2019s\u200c Hospital of Chicago, have \u2063paused gender-affirming\u200d care for young people while they assess the implications of Trump&#8217;s executive order. In\u2063 her letter,James warned that adhering to\u200b the order could lead to violations of state discrimination laws,emphasizing that refusing services to transgender individuals based on their\u2063 identity or diagnosis of gender dysphoria constitutes discrimination under New York law. <\/p>\n<p>James&#8217;s warning \u200dcomplicates the situation for medical providers, who are left to navigate between federal mandates and state \u200claws. The conflicting directives\u2062 highlight a growing \u2064national\u2062 debate over\u200d the rights\u200b of \u2063transgender minors\u2062 and\u200d the extent to which healthcare providers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-rights-groups-sue-texas-gov-abbott-over-transgender-order\/\" title=\"Civil rights groups sue Texas Gov. Abbott over ... ...\">offer gender-affirming care<\/a>. \u200dThe tension reflects broader political divisions around LGBTQ+ rights, with potential repercussions for hospitals caught \u200bin the middle of these conflicting \u2063legal frameworks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to hospitals in the state on Monday threatening them with legal action if they comply with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s executive order against transgender procedures on children.<\/p>\n<p>Trump directed all federal agencies in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> to make sure that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hospitals receiving federal grant funds &#038;ldquo<\/a>;end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The order also applies broadly to Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and other ways in which the federal government is involved in healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1886458509169959352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed<\/a> several hospitals that have stopped or temporarily paused child genital mutilation in compliance with the order.<\/p>\n<p>They include Denver Health in Colorado, VCU Health in Virginia, and Lurie Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Chicago in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Among them was also NYU Langone, a leading hospital in New York, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/nyregion\/ny-attorney-general-transgender-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James cautioned hospitals in her <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/letters\/ag-james-to-hc-providers-re-tro-letter-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> that they may be in violation of state law if they decide to withhold such procedures from children who claim to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/murder-border-patrol-agent-takes-startling-turn-trans-cult-involvement-spans-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,&rdquo; James threatened.<\/p>\n<p>That order from James apparently applies &ldquo;regardless of the availability of federal funding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond surely confusing hospitals, who now must decide whether they will obey the president or the state attorney general, the order from James is absolutely sickening.<\/p>\n<p>Child genital mutilation is one of the most evil manifestations of our culture of death.<\/p>\n<p>There is something especially unnatural and perverse with taking a perfectly healthy child and trying to turn him or her into an absurd parody of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>Those procedures are inherently abusive, ensuring that children can never become the men or women God made them to be, scarring and disfiguring their bodies for the rest of their lives, and in many cases making them lifelong medical patients and increasing the likelihood of early death.<\/p>\n<p>The voters soundly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-sends-ultimatum-federal-employees-pronouns--signature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a> such madness at the ballot box in November.<\/p>\n<p>On the basis of that popular support, Trump is merely doing the right thing and executing against the most unhinged manifestation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-aclu-lawyer-invents-absurd-new-term-describe-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgenderism<\/a>, which is the mutilation of children.<\/p>\n<p>When Democrats double down on their insanity, as James did with this letter, they merely deepen the political hole which they have dug for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than giving up on the gender delusion, they are pushing even more, at this point to the extent of trying to resist an executive order from the president.<\/p>\n<p>They are mutilating children in the process.<\/p>\n<p>But thankfully, they are also mutilating their own political influence.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Trump&#8217;s directive instructs federal agencies to ensure that hospitals receiving federal funding cease what he termed the &#8220;chemical and surgical mutilation of children.&#8221; This order affects Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and other federally funded healthcare programs. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that several hospitals have halted or paused such procedures in response to the order, including Denver Health in Colorado and VCU Health in Virginia. James cautioned that refusing services based on an individual&#8217;s gender identity could violate New York law, labeling it as discrimination. 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