In a statement released Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 14 other attorneys general said institutions offering gender-affirming would continue to receive federal dollars,

After a week of uncertainty for Illinois hospitals and clinics over an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming care for minors, the Illinois attorney general issued a statement Wednesday saying the state will protect such care.

Raoul and five other Democratic attorneys general claim the White House's freeze on federal assistance programs is unconstitutional.