Colorado Supreme Court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
Summary
The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to restart gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. The court ruled that stopping treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy violated state antidiscrimination laws, despite federal pressure threatening the hospital's funding.Key Facts
- Children's Hospital Colorado stopped gender-affirming medical treatments for patients under 18 in January.
- The hospital paused care after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began investigating its treatments.
- Four transgender girls, ages 10 to 17, sued the hospital claiming discrimination based on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
- Gender dysphoria means distress caused when someone's gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
- The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that stopping care broke state antidiscrimination laws.
- The court prioritized the immediate harm to the patients over possible federal consequences to the hospital.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had declared such treatments unsafe for minors, prompting the investigation.
- A federal judge previously blocked Kennedy's declaration for Colorado and other states, saying it went too far.
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