Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Many hospitals that cut off youth from gender-affirming care over concerns around the Trump administration are remaining silent on whether they will resume care, despite a federal court giving their programs legal clearance.

Last December, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, directed hospitals across the country to…

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Mount Sinai Hospital drops gender-affirming care for trans teens, leaving New York families worried

New York City families say that trans teens have been cut off from gender-affirming care in the Mount Sinai hospital system, local news outlet Gothamist reported on Saturday.

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Parents said they were notified over the phone that their teens could no longer access…

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