UChicago Medicine Pausing Gender-Affirming Care for Child Patients

UChicago Medicine pausing gender-affirming care for child patients

University of Chicago Medicine is now the latest Chicago hospital to suspend gender-affirming care for children, saying it made the difficult decision in response to federal actions against organizations that provide such care for transgender youth.

UChicago Medicine Latest To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Amid Federal Pressure Campaign

The decision comes after a protest Thursday and a resolution signed by 22 alderpeople Wednesday demanding Rush University Medical Center and others restore gender-affirming care for trans youth.

UChicago discontinues gender-affirming care for minors

UChicago Medicine has discontinued gender-affirming care for minors "effective immediately," the latest Chicago hospital to do so in recent months.The health system said it was a "difficult decision," but that it suspended the care to ensure it could continue to care for “all Medicare and Medicaid patients,” which make up “the majority of those [UChicago Medicine] serves.”The health system said it was working with patients on a plan going forwar…

UChicago Medicine to discontinue all gender-affirming pediatric care

CHICAGO — Bowing to federal pressure under the Trump administration, UChicago Medicine has become the latest Illinois hospital to end gender-affirming pediatric care. The decision, announced Friday, leaves no room for ongoing transitional care,...