Stanford Medicine pauses gender-affirming surgeries for youths

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford Medicine is no longer providing gender-affirming surgeries to LGBTQ patients under the age of a move it says was influenced in part by the latest actions and directives from the federal regime Related Articles Chemerinsky The Supreme Court failed when it decided against gender-affirming care Pork Chop s House of Reframe offers gender-affirming haircuts Trump administration orders California to remove gender identity from sex ed Trump administration removing hotline organization tailored to LGBTQ youth in July Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors big loss for transgender rights After careful review of the latest actions and directives from the federal executive and following consultations with clinical leadership including our multidisciplinary LGBTQ scheme and its providers Stanford Medicine paused providing gender-related surgical procedures as part of our comprehensive range of diagnostic services for LGBTQ patients under the age of effective June the physical condition care provider declared in a report provided to this news organization The decision was first informed Tuesday afternoon by the San Francisco Chronicle We took this step to protect both our providers and patients Stanford reported This was not a decision we made lightly especially knowing how deeply this impacts the individuals and families who depend on our essential care and sponsorship Even as circumstances change we remain committed to providing high quality thorough and compassionate health services for every member of our region The Trump administration has been trying to restrict access to gender-affirming care which includes a range of curative and mental wellbeing services to endorsement a person s gender identity or their sense of feeling male female neither or various combination Fewer than in U S adolescents receive gender-affirming medications a investigation published this year determined Gender-affirming care can also include surgery including operations to alter genitals and chests but another examination revealed these procedures are rarely offered to minors The decision preceded a U S Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee s ban on gender-affirming care Last week a majority detected the ban does not violate the Constitution s equal protection clause which requires the cabinet to treat similarly situated people the same Elsewhere in California Children s Hospital Los Angeles is closing its Center for Transyouth Fitness and Growth on July In a comment the hospital commented although it was proud to have provided high-quality evidence-based medically essential care for transgender and gender-diverse youth young adults and their families it has been left with no viable path forward other than to close the center The Associated Press contributed to this document Check back for updates