Over a dozen officials from Democratic-led states have initiated a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from restricting access to sex change procedures and treatments for individuals under 19.

The lawsuit, presented in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, contends that the administration seeks to establish a nationwide prohibition on sex change procedures by intimidating healthcare providers with unwarranted criminal allegations and inquiries.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who spearheads the coalition of states involved in the lawsuit, expressed that the federal government is conducting an aggressive campaign against providers who deliver legitimate and essential care to minors.

White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers relayed to Fox News Digital that President Trump took swift measures to halt practices like the extreme alteration and chemical intervention of minors, which, according to Rogers, aligns with the beliefs of many Americans. Rogers further mentioned that the President holds the legitimate power to protect the nation’s vulnerable children through executive orders.

In response to the Trump administration’s stance, Kaiser Permanente declared it would cease performing sex change operations on patients under 19 starting August 29. Concurrently, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closed its Center for Transyouth Health and Development, known as one of the largest clinics for transgender youth in the U.S.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

The Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., also announced that it will no longer provide gender transition-related medical interventions. 

The lawsuit alleges that these developments are precisely the outcomes intended by the defendants through their purportedly unlawful focus, leading to the cessation of healthcare services for transgender individuals under 19.

Many states have laws restricting or banning sex change surgeries for children. The states named in the lawsuit — California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. – allow such treatments.

Other nations have pushed back on sex change procedures for children. In March, the United Kingdom banned puberty blockers – a class of drugs that suppresses sex hormones in adolescents by continually stimulating the pituitary gland — for children seeking treatment for gender dysphoria.