Three states and three physicians sued the Trump administration Friday over an executive order meant to slash federal support for gender-affirming care for minors, calling the order “blatantly unconstitutional.”

“The order is a cruel and baseless broadside against transgender youth, their families, and the doctors and medical institutions that provide them this critical care,” says the complaint, which was filed Friday morning in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. “It is also a blatant abuse of power.”

The lawsuit, one of two challenges to President Trump’s executive order, asks the court to block federal agencies from implementing its restrictions on funding for gender-affirming care for minors — which the order says includes 19-year-olds — through government insurance programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, the military’s health program.

Seven families with transgender children and two advocacy groups argued the order is unconstitutional earlier this week in a similar complaint. Both suits claim Trump’s executive order........

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