Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
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NYU Langone Health cited the “current regulatory environment” in its decision to discontinue its gender medicine program for minors.
A major Manhattan hospital, faced with threats of losing federal funding, has closed its prominent medical program for treating transgender youth.
The move by the hospital, NYU Langone Health, comes after the Trump administration in December proposed rules that would pull federal dollars from any hospital that provides gender transition treatments for adolescents, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery.
On Tuesday night, a spokesman for NYU Langone issued a statement citing “the current regulatory environment” as among the reasons the hospital had decided to discontinue its program for gender-related care for youth.