Children's Hospital Colorado suspends gender care for minors amid federal pressure

Children’s Hospital Colorado has suspended medical care for patients under 18, citing the risk of losing Medicaid funding after federal actions that have put pressure on providers of gender‑affirming treatments. The move affects teenagers like Ari Cohen, 16, who had been receiving hormone therapy at the hospital.

Over the last year, the Trump administration and multiple federal agencies mounted measures aimed at limiting gender transition treatments for minors, including a Department of Health and Human Services report prioritizing psychotherapy, an H.H.S. announcement that it would effectively bar Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide gender medicine to minors, F.B.I.

requests in June for the public to report hospitals performing mastectomies on minors, Justice Department subpoenas to more than 20 doctors and hospitals seeking confidential records, and an F.T.C. hearing on potentially unfair or deceptive practices. The administration also urged the Supreme Court to uphold a Tennessee law banning transgender medication for minors; the court did so in June, the outlet reported, prompting some families to move or travel to obtain care.

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