First US ‘Detransition Clinic’ Mandated in Texas Settlement Over Child Care
Summary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reached a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital. The hospital must open the first U.S. clinic to help patients who want to reverse gender-transition treatments and pay $10 million to the state.Key Facts
- Texas Children’s Hospital will open a "detransition clinic" for patients who had gender-transition procedures and now want to reverse them.
- The clinic must offer free services for its first several years.
- The hospital will pay $10 million to the state of Texas.
- Several doctors at the hospital will lose their medical privileges as part of the settlement.
- The settlement resolves a long investigation into the hospital’s billing and care for minors.
- Texas passed a law in 2023 banning puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender youth.
- Attorney General Paxton called the settlement a big win for Texas.
- The hospital has not publicly responded to the agreement yet.
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