US EditionCalifornia attorney general sues Rady Children’s Hospital for curtailing gender-affirming care
California AG alleges Rady Children’s Hospital violated merger terms by ending gender-affirming care for about 1,450 patients under 19, seeking court-ordered restoration and penalties.
- On Friday, California's Rob Bonta sued Rady Children's Health in San Diego Superior Court, demanding restoration of gender-affirming care after the hospital announced on January 20 it would cease services effective Feb. 6.
- Citing escalating federal actions, Rady Children's Health said a referral to the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and concerns about Medicaid and Medicare participation prompted limiting gender-affirming care.
- Bonta said the 2024 merger conditions required maintaining 36 medical services through 2034, but Rady ceased care for roughly 1,450 patients without notifying or seeking approval.
- Patients under 18 who were receiving gender-affirming care at Rady no longer are, with affected families reporting canceled appointments as protests erupted involving an estimated 1,000 San Diego families.
- Under the merger's terms, Rady needed approval from the attorney general before Feb. 6 reductions, and the public comment period remains open until Feb. 17, so legal disputes are ongoing.
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State of California sues Rady Children's Hospital over dropping gender-affirming care services
SAN DIEGO (NBC, KYMA) - Rady Children's Hospital is being sued by the state of California after announcing it would close its center for gender-affirming care. The closure was in response to a federal investigation by the Trump Administration, targeting hospitals nationwide that offer those services. It was over a week ago when people lined the streets of Children's Way outside Rady Children's Hospital to protest the hospital's decision to close…
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DNyuzCalifornia AG sues hospital that stopped ‘gender-affirming’ care for minors after Trump’s demands
Attorney General Rob Bonta is taking Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego to court, claiming the hospital broke the terms of a merger agreement.
California sues hospital for complying with Trump administration's gender-affirming care policy
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, alleging that the hospital violated the terms of its merger agreement with Children's Hospital of Orange County by discontinuing gender-affirming care for minors.
State sues Rady Children's Health over decision to curb gender-affirming care
Rady Children’s Hospital (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) The state has filed a lawsuit against Rady Children’s Health in the wake of the hospital’s planned closure of its gender-affirming care program for patients under the age of 19. In the lawsuit, Attorney General Rob Bonta argues that the decision to end the care violates “legally binding conditions” placed by his office on Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego following its m…
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