Colorado’s top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
The justices said the minors are likely to prevail on discrimination claims and that speculative federal funding losses do not justify the pause.
- On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care in a 5-2 decision, finding the facility likely violated state anti-discrimination law by suspending services.
- The hospital suspended services earlier this year following warnings from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that providers offering such care could face exclusion from federal funding programs.
- Justice William Hood III wrote that "denying access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for gender-affirming care but not for purposes unrelated to gender-affirming care differentiates care based on gender identity."
- The state's highest court directed the lower trial court to issue an injunction requiring the resumption of services, while a hospital spokeswoman said the facility is examining the ruling and assessing next steps.
- Although Children's Hospital Colorado maintained that resuming care risks federal sanctions, the majority concluded that potential harm to patients outweighs the speculative threat of losing federal health care program funding.
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Colorado Supreme Court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume offering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, citing state anti-discrimination laws.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC) must resume offering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors identifying as transgender, determining that the hospital’s suspension of such treatments violat…
Colorado Supreme Court says Children’s Hospital must resume gender-affirming care for minors
The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered the Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care for minor patients. A 5-3 ruling came after the hospital stopped care amid funding threats that stepped up after President Donald Trump’s return to power.Justices for the state court said the decision to abruptly end care earlier this year wrongly harmed patients.“Petitioners and other transgender youth who sought such care from CHC were sudde…
Children's Hospital Ordered to Resume Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
(MedPage Today) -- The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could...
Colorado Supreme Court orders Children's Hospital to resume gender transition treatments for minors
Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Children's Hospital Colorado must resume gender transition treatments for minors, finding the hospital violated antidiscrimination laws.
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