Judge issues restraining order after Trump blocks federal funds for youth sex change operations

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A judge in Washington state has issued a temporary restraining order over President Trump's executive order that withholds federal funding to health care providers who prescribe youth puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or who perform surgeries for gender dysphoria. 

Judge Lauren King, in the Western Washington District Court, issued the order on Friday. 

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President Trump signing an executive order.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

It comes after a federal judge in Maryland issued a similar temporary retraining order this week.