[Unlawful gender...] More US hospitals are ending gender-affirming care for minors.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-hospitals-ending-gender-affirming-care-
minors-impact/story?id=124889031

Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or 
all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the 
month.

Kaiser Permanente, a health care company that manages 40 hospitals across 
several states -- including California, Oregon and Virginia -- said it is 
pausing gender-related surgeries for patients under age 18 on Aug. 29. It 
noted that other gender-related care will continue.

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. said it will also stop 
prescribing gender-affirming medications on Aug. 30. It follows a move the 
hospital made in late January to pause all puberty-blockers and hormone 
prescriptions for minors.

Since President Donald Trump's second term began in January, at least 17 
major hospital systems in at least nine states and the District of 
Columbia have paused, discontinued, canceled or ended pediatric gender 
services, according to an ABC News tally, amid mounting legal and 
regulatory concerns.

In January, Trump signed an executive order stating the U.S. would not 
"fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support" gender transition of those 
under age 19 and would "rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit 
these destructive and life-altering procedures."

Transgender adults and youth may experience extreme psychological distress 
due to a mismatch in their gender presentation and identity. They 
experience significantly higher rates of suicide than the general 
population, but some studies suggest gender-affirming care eases those 
feelings of distress.

While some individuals and groups have called for a slower approach to 
gender-affirming care for minors, other pediatric gender care experts and 
advocates have said ending such care can have a harmful effect on 
patients' mental health and well-being.

They say the government is interfering in conversations meant to be held 
only between patients, their families and doctors, and that doctors are 
not being allowed to follow the established medical guidelines that 
medical associations like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the 
Endocrine Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender 
Health have endorsed.

"This is health care provided by licensed clinicians according to 
standards of care that have been around for many years," Kellan Baker, a 
senior adviser for health policy with the Movement Advancement Project, a 
nonprofit think tank that focuses on LGBTQ+ issues, told ABC News.

"To have the government interfering … overreaching into the private 
conversations between patients and families and their doctors and telling 
doctors that they cannot provide the care that they know that their 
patients need -- that is a very serious government overreach," he added.

Evidence for gender-affirming care
Gender-affirming care may include medical, surgical, mental health and 
non-medical services. It can range from allowing a child to pick their 
pronouns to more invasive treatments typically prescribed for older teens.

Early gender affirming care can be "crucial" to overall health and well-
being, allowing a child to focus on social transitions and can help build 
up confidence while dealing with the health care system, the federal 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health wrote during the Biden 
administration.

Gender-affirming care is supported by multiple major medical 
organizations. Studies have shown many of the treatment options are 
generally safe and that care can have a positive impact on mental health, 
which psychotherapy alone cannot provide, some experts said.


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