"The Trump administration on Thursday announced sweeping measures to restrict gender-affirming health care for U.S. minors. Among them, the administration plans to withhold federal money that could be used for gender-affirming care for minors from hospitals and health care providers, despite substantial evidence that such care is safe and effective. The effort could severely restrict access to gender-affirming care for young transgender people across the U.S., including in states with already established legal protections."
"Health care providers have criticized the measures as frustrating and against medical evidence. It's sad, it's frustrating, says Johana Oviedo, an obstetrician based in New York City and a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health. Everyone has the right to health care that is evidence-based, and we do just that. We provide evidence-based health care. That is why providers and all the major medical organizations agree that gender-affirming care is evidence-based; it is lifesaving, and it's necessary."
Federal officials announced sweeping measures to restrict gender-affirming health care for U.S. minors by withholding federal funding from hospitals and providers that offer such care. The proposals target facilities receiving Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program dollars, which could end federal support for gender-affirming treatments for children and teens. The rules come despite substantial evidence from major medical organizations that gender-affirming care is safe, effective and lifesaving. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared sex-rejecting procedures neither safe nor effective for children with gender dysphoria. Health care providers called the measures frustrating, medically unfounded and likely to severely limit access nationwide.
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