Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind
- Posted on February 10, 2025
- By NPR
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Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind
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Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care.