Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and two other state attorneys general sued President Donald Trump in federal court Friday over his recent executive order aiming to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth younger than 19.

It was the first of three progressive priorities of the session: a ban on conversion therapy for minors and vulnerable adults and two bills that would make Minnesota a refuge for people traveling here for abortion and gender affirming care.

"I am terrified that blocking gender-affirming care for minors will cause a mental health crisis and an increase in suicides," a medical professional said.

Three states and three physicians sued the Trump administration Friday over an executive order meant to slash federal support for gender-affirming care for minors, calling the order “blatantly

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with attorneys general from Washington and Oregon and three unnamed doctors, filed a federal lawsuit Friday calling for a halt on a presidential executive order that would end federal funding to medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care.