Wisconsin’s attorney general began August the same way he ended July: With a lawsuit against the Trump Administration.
Attorney General Josh Kaul on Friday announced that he has joined a group of other states suing over sex changes for children.
“The lawsuit targets recent federal actions aimed at deterring providers from offering medically appropriate care to individuals under age 19, even in states like Wisconsin where such care is legal,” Kaul said in a statement.
“The Trump administration shouldn’t be interfering with the provision of health care,” Kaul added. “The administration should be respecting individual liberty and equal rights, not shamefully targeting transgender people.”
President Trump banned sex change surgeries and chemical treatments that would change children’ s gender in an executive order back in January. (RELATED: Southeast Wisconsin School District Deals with Aftermath of Supreme Court Decision)
“Medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions,” the president’s order states. “This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.”
Kaul and the other Democratic attorneys general said the order defines children as anyone up to 19-years-old, while Wisconsin recognizes 18-year-olds as adults.
The court filing from the A-Gs says the president’s order means parents and children who want to change their gender are now being “integrated.”
“These efforts have no legal basis and are intended to discourage providers from offering medically necessary health care that is lawful under state law,” they said in their statement. “In some states, providers have begun to reduce or eliminate services, and patients are reporting canceled appointments and confusion about whether they can continue their care.”
The lawsuit is Kaul’s first for August, and comes after he joined eight other lawsuits against the Trump Administration in July. He has filed or joined nearly 40 cases against the president since the beginning of 2025. (RELATED: Controversial Programs at Wisconsin Universities Lose Grant Funding in Trump-Era)
Article originally published by the MacIver Institute.