PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A federal judge in Washington approved the state’s request for a temporary restraining order against President Trump’s executive order on Friday that targeted gender-affirming care for youth.

The executive order would end federal funding for medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care and “directs unconstitutional criminal enforcement” against healthcare professionals and patients involved in the care, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said.

In her approval of the temporary restraining order, Judge Lauren King said Trump’s executive order “blatantly discriminated against trans youth,” and will likely “not survive constitutional scrutiny.”

The restraining order lasts for 14 days and applies nationwide, meaning no medical institutions can have their federal funding taken away because they offer gender-affirming care.

The temporary pause on the executive order comes after Washington Attorney General Nick Brown filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s “clearly illegal and unusually cruel” executive order.

“Today’s order reaffirms that we live by the rule of law,” Attorney General Brown said. “Young people’s ability to receive life-saving gender-affirming medical care remains in place. Providers won’t be criminalized for providing the best care for their patients, and this order removes any hurdles from medical professionals giving young people the care they need. Washington state’s world-leading medical and research institutions can continue their work with the funding already allocated by Congress.”

The attorneys general of Minnesota and Oregon also joined the lawsuit, arguing that the executive order violates the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee by targeting transgender people for mistreatment and discrimination.

The attorneys general added that Congress has already authorized research and education funding for medical institutions, noting the president cannot overrule Congressional intent.

Additionally, Brown said the president does not have the power to regulate or criminalize medical practices in Washington, which are protected under the 10^th Amendment.

“Today’s ruling is a major win in the fight against Trump’s relentless attacks on transgender rights,” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said in a statement Friday. “We will not stand by while our most vulnerable populations are stripped of their basic rights.”

“It’s hard to believe that anyone, especially in a position of power, would try to make it harder for people to get life-saving care just because of their gender identity,” Rayfield continued. “Thankfully, today’s ruling stops that, and we can continue to fight for the dignity and rights of everyone, no matter who they are.”