Pierce Co. children’s hospital will stop offering gender-affirming care to new patients

Tacoma children’s hospital stops offering gender-affirming care to new patients

The MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, the only place youth can receive gender-affirming health care in Pierce County, has stopped accepting new patients, is no longer taking a wait list and is no longer filling new prescriptions for hormone-replacement therapy or puberty blockers starting Sept. 12, The News Tribune confirmed last month.The move comes as Mary Bridge Children’s also removed many gender-affirming care resources f…

Pierce Co. children’s hospital will stop offering gender-affirming care to new patients

The MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma confirmed to KIRO 7 that it will no longer offer gender-affirming care for new patients.