Texas children’s hospital to create first detransition clinic in win for Trump
Summary
Texas Children’s Hospital agreed to create a clinic to help transgender youth who want to return to the sex they were assigned at birth. This settlement came after the hospital was accused of wrongly billing Medicaid for gender-affirming care and agreed to stop providing hormone treatments and surgeries to minors in Texas.Key Facts
- Texas Children’s Hospital will open a detransition clinic for youth who want to reverse gender transition.
- The hospital settled with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the US Justice Department over billing issues.
- The hospital will pay Texas $10 million as part of the agreement.
- Texas banned hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery for minors in 2023.
- The hospital agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries to children.
- The Justice Department will continue to investigate and take action against providers of gender-affirming care for minors.
- President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January 2025 directing federally funded groups to end such medical treatments for children.
- Some families in Texas still seek gender-affirming care outside the state due to the ban.
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