From California to Virginia, youth gender clinics are pausing or halting medicalized treatments—and the nation’s largest one has closed—in the wake of Trump administration policies.
These types of clinics were non-existent in the United States until one opened in Boston in 2007. Since then, dozens more sprang up. But at least 20 medical facilities will no longer be providing some of these services, according to a White House statement last month.
Facilities that provide chemical and surgical treatments to gender-confused children now face increasing pressure under new state laws, federal policy changes, investigations into their practices, and litigation. At least two disputes over gender-related treatment reached the U.S. Supreme Court this year….
Clinics Are Ending Gender Treatments for Kids in Wake of Trump’s Policies
