Six hospitals strike DOJ deals to end transgender care for minors
NYU Langone, UPMC and four other major hospital systems agreed to stop gender-affirming care for youth and pay the federal government to end DOJ investigations.
What to know
- At least six major hospital systems — NYU Langone, UPMC, Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children's Hospital, Mount Sinai and Texas Children's Hospital — have settled with the DOJ since May.
- Settlements end federal investigations and remove the threat of hospitals being forced to turn over transgender patients' confidential records, in exchange for ending the care and, in some cases, paying the government or funding detransition costs.
- Most hospitals had already stopped the treatments due to state bans or earlier Trump administration pressure; Mount Sinai was the only one to settle without first announcing a policy change.
- Major medical organizations including the AMA and American Academy of Pediatrics continue to support keeping gender-affirming care available, setting up a lasting dispute over the policy's medical basis.
“the threat that NYU Langone would have to provide the confidential information previously demanded about patients under 18 who received gender-affirming care at our institution”
NYU Langone, Hospital statement · Philadelphia Inquirer ↗ · Sep 21
Todd Blanche U.S. Attorney GeneralEliel Cruz Cofounder, Gender Liberation Movement
Donald Trump U.S. PresidentNYU Langone Hospitals Settling hospital systemUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Settling hospital system
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Advocate calls the settlements a dangerous precedent
As wire coverage summarized the six settlements, Gender Liberation Movement cofounder Eliel Cruz warned about the politicization of a group's medical care, while medical groups like the AMA and AAP continued to support keeping the treatment available.
“It's a really dangerous precedent when the federal government is allowed to politicize any one group of people's care and end it…”
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At least 6 major # hospitals have agreed to refuse # GenderAffirming hormones & surgery for # transgender young people & agreed to make payments [?] to the # FederalGovernment , acc/to deals with the # DOJ . The most recent agreements came last week. Most of the hospitals had already stopped offering the treatments because of state bans or…
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Calling Rogaine and Viagra gender affirming care is playing semantics. What Trump is doing is disgusting but you're muddying the waters by pretending that preventing hair-loss and facilitating a gender transition are in the same sphere of influence. In my province gender affirming care is covered by provincial health insurance. Rogaine is not. I…
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"At least six major hospitals have agreed to refuse gender-affirming hormones and surgery for transgender young people and agreed to make payments to the federal government, according to deals with the Department of Justice." https:// apnews.com/article/transgender -genderaffirming-hospitals-trump-justice-agreement-34faeeab4575b81160ae6531254584cb…
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NYU Langone and UPMC settle, paying millions to DOJ — The Justice Department announced settlements with NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers; NYU agreed to pay $8.5 million and UPMC $950,000, and both agreed to stop puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgery for patients under 19.
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Appeals court boosts DOJ's push for hospital records — A 2-1 appeals court ruling gave the government's case a boost after most hospitals had prevailed in district courts blocking the record demands.
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DOJ subpoenas hospitals for transgender patients' records — The administration first announced subpoenas to hospitals requesting information on gender-affirming care for children, including patients' names, prompting several hospitals to seek court blocks.
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First hospitals settle with DOJ over gender-affirming care — Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children's Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System and Texas Children's Hospital reached settlements with the Justice Department agreeing to end the treatments; most had already stopped care under state bans or prior pressure.
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Trump signs order to cut federal support for youth gender transitions — Shortly after returning to office, Trump signed an executive order calling to cut federal support for gender transitions for people under 19, and the administration later barred federal Medicaid dollars from covering the treatment.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by RedState, 1d ago · also NYT, NYT Health
2 more headlines
- Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Administration New York Times · 1d ago
- Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration NYT Health · 1d ago
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3 outlets What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors
first by Mercury News, 1d ago · also Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer
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first by Daily Wire, 1d ago · also The Daily Wire
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What people are saying 7 voices from 2 sites · best of 11 · verbatim
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Children get life-changing medical care all the time. It would be ridiculous to suggest, for example, that vaccines be delayed until adulthood. Before puberty, trans healthcare is just counseling. Doctors prescribe puberty blockers and hormones because they’re safe and effective.
- Sep 22
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Good shut down one set of child abusers. Now let’s stop focusing on trans people (let adults do what they want) and get the rest of the Epstein files and get the child abusers in the Republican Party.
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Don’t blame the hospital. It’s necessary to keep their lights on. It’s not a decision they wanted to make.
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Making ‘deals’ w Trump - always a losing proposition. | Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Admin: At least 6 hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/tran…
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In order to avoid turning over to the US DOJ the records of youth who have received gender-affirming care, major hospitals have agreed to stop providing such care to youth, including hormones they need during puberty to develop characteristics that align with their identity. # GenderIdentity # MedicalPrivacy # HIPAA # GenderAffirmingCare https://…
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Fuck looks like I need to find a new general practitioner gothamist.com/news/nyu-lan... NYU Langone strikes deal with ...
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Sinai...now Langone. How fucked up. https:// gothamist.com/news/nyu-langone -strikes-deal-with-trump-doj-to-end-gender-affirming-care-for-minors