Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first ‘detransition clinic’ under settlement with Paxton
Summary
Texas Children’s Hospital agreed to open the country’s first "detransition clinic" to help patients undo gender-affirming treatments. The hospital will also fire five doctors and pay $10 million to the state as part of a deal with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Key Facts
- Texas Children’s Hospital must create a clinic for patients who want to reverse gender-affirming care.
- The clinic will be the first of its kind in the United States.
- As part of the settlement, the hospital will fire five physicians.
- The hospital will pay $10 million to the state of Texas.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the settlement.
- The focus is on patients who had gender-affirming healthcare and seek to detransition.
- The agreement is unusual and marks a legal action by the state regarding gender-related medical care.
- The settlement aims to address concerns raised by the Texas government about gender-affirming treatments for youth.
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