The states argue enforcement of the orders would cause hospitals to lay off staff and stop important research projects.

U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King ruled that President Trump’s executive orders violate the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which grants equal protection under the law.

The diverging approaches from hospitals in New York and California preview of what could become a fight over compliance, and threatening millions in federal funding.

The Justice Department issued over 20 subpoenas to clinics providing gender-affirming care after Trump called for the end of such services.

A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego to continue providing gender-transition care to ...