Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall speaks during inauguration ceremonies on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. on Jan. 16, 2023. Butch Dill/AP hide caption
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A 17-year-old transgender boy from the Chicago suburbs was in the process of scheduling surgery at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, but that stopped after Lurie paused surgeries in light of an executive order from the White House. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption
What happens when a Chicago children's hospital bows to pressure to stop gender-affirming care
Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
At the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (MAP), physicians use telehealth to prescribe and mail pills to people who live in states that ban or restrict abortion.
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President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
People hold up signs before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally Nov. 4, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Funding is stalled for National Institutes of Health research grants. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominated to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in an ethics filing that he will cut ties with several companies and divest a range of stocks. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member (left), and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., (right). House Republicans work on a budget plan to advance President Trump's priorities, including $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
A homemade sign at a rally in Union Square in New York City on Saturday. Various hospitals across the country curbed gender-affirming care for people under 19 after President Trump's executive order. Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
From left: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, President Donald Trump, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speak to the media on Jan. 8, 2025. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
The law went into effect Jan. 1 and says youth up to 21 or foster youth up to 26 should be connected to health care before or soon after they leave prisons, detention centers or jail. Oona Zenda/KFF Health News hide caption
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has 30 days to present a plan on how to implement President Trump's executive order on transgender people in the military. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke during a hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
A website created by the Biden administration just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade has been shut down by the Trump administration. A Biden-Harris campaign rally in January 2024 is pictured. Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hide caption
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Cross-sex hormones, including testosterone, are part of gender-affirming care that has been banned in half of states. Rory Doyle for The Washington Post//Getty Images hide caption
‘A very, very small number’ of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds
Shane McMahon, a paramedic, checks on Stephanie Joseph, 91, who received care through Mass General Brigham's hospital-at-home program. Craig LeMoult/GBH hide caption
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Senators in the Russell Senate Office Building on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Mehmet Oz ran for Pennsylvania Senate in 2022 as a Republican and lost to Democrat John Fetterman. According to financial disclosures he filed at the time, he had significant investments in health care, pharmaceutical firms and tech companies with ties to health care. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption