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Here are the Hospitals Pausing Child Sex Change Procedures in the Wake of Trump’s Executive Order
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Last month, President Trump signed an executive order halting taxpayer funding of child sex change procedures through federal grants and health benefit programs. By making taxpayer funding contingent on ending so-called “gender-affirming care,” the order incentivizes medical facilities that rely on federal funds to halt their child sex change programs.
Already, hospitals and medical facilities across the country are curtailing minors’ access to these harmful procedures.
Here are the hospitals that have taken action:
- Denver Health: Confirmed to the Associated Press that, to comply with the executive order, it would no longer perform sex change surgeries on minors.
- Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C: Paused prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors to comply with the order.
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health: No longer providing surgical procedures as well as gender transition drugs to minors.
- Children’s Hospital of Richmond: No longer providing surgical procedures as well as gender transition drugs to minors.
- University of Virginia (UVA) Health: No longer providing therapy referrals, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and referrals for sex change surgery to minors.
- New York University (NYU) Langone Health: Has “begun canceling appointments for transgender children” according to The New York Times.
- Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Virginia: Announced it would not provide puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for the purpose of child sex changes, according to WAVY.
- Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles: Announced it is pausing the initiation of cross-sex hormones for “gender affirming care patients” under the age of 19, according to The Los Angeles Times.
- Boston Children’s Hospital: A lawsuit alleged that the hospital cancelled appointments for child sex change services in the wake of the executive order.
- Children’s Hospital Colorado: Announced it will no longer provide cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors.
- Seattle Children’s: Reportedly canceled appointments for child sex change surgeries, according to the Seattle Times.
- Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago: Announced it will no longer provide sex change surgeries to children.
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital: Announced it was pausing cross-sex hormone services.
Editor’s note: This list will be updated as more information becomes available.