Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital has announced a pause on all gender care surgeries for patients under 19 following President Donald Trump's executive order on gender care. The hospital stated that they are reviewing the order's implications and working to understand the evolving regulatory landscape. While surgeries are temporarily paused, the hospital affirms that they will continue providing other care and treatment options for patients in their gender care program.
ByChicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said it is pausing all gender care surgeries for patients under 19 in the wake of Trump's executive order.Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said it is pausing all gender care surgeries for patients under the age of 19 in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order on gender care .
In the wake of that review, the hospital said it made the "difficult decision" to pause surgeries within the gender care program "as we work to understand the rapidly evolving environment." Officials said they are still providing "other care and treatment plans" for the programs patients, and monitoring further developments.
Trump, a Republican, last week signed an executive order that directed agencies to take steps to make sure that hospitals receiving federal research and education grants "end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children." The language in the order - using words such as "maiming," "sterilizing" and "mutilation" - contradicts what is typical for gender-affirming care in the United States.
Gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth is not common but such treatments have been the subject of fierce political debate. Fewer than 1 in 1,000 adolescents in the U.S. with commercial insurance received puberty blockers or hormones during a recent five-year period, according to a
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