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   https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-hospitals-ending-gender-affirming-care-   
   minors-impact/story?id=124889031   
      
   Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or   
   all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the   
   month.   
      
   Kaiser Permanente, a health care company that manages 40 hospitals across   
   several states -- including California, Oregon and Virginia -- said it is   
   pausing gender-related surgeries for patients under age 18 on Aug. 29. It   
   noted that other gender-related care will continue.   
      
   Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. said it will also stop   
   prescribing gender-affirming medications on Aug. 30. It follows a move the   
   hospital made in late January to pause all puberty-blockers and hormone   
   prescriptions for minors.   
      
   Since President Donald Trump's second term began in January, at least 17   
   major hospital systems in at least nine states and the District of   
   Columbia have paused, discontinued, canceled or ended pediatric gender   
   services, according to an ABC News tally, amid mounting legal and   
   regulatory concerns.   
      
   In January, Trump signed an executive order stating the U.S. would not   
   "fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support" gender transition of those   
   under age 19 and would "rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit   
   these destructive and life-altering procedures."   
      
   Transgender adults and youth may experience extreme psychological distress   
   due to a mismatch in their gender presentation and identity. They   
   experience significantly higher rates of suicide than the general   
   population, but some studies suggest gender-affirming care eases those   
   feelings of distress.   
      
   While some individuals and groups have called for a slower approach to   
   gender-affirming care for minors, other pediatric gender care experts and   
   advocates have said ending such care can have a harmful effect on   
   patients' mental health and well-being.   
      
   They say the government is interfering in conversations meant to be held   
   only between patients, their families and doctors, and that doctors are   
   not being allowed to follow the established medical guidelines that   
   medical associations like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the   
   Endocrine Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender   
   Health have endorsed.   
      
   "This is health care provided by licensed clinicians according to   
   standards of care that have been around for many years," Kellan Baker, a   
   senior adviser for health policy with the Movement Advancement Project, a   
   nonprofit think tank that focuses on LGBTQ+ issues, told ABC News.   
      
   "To have the government interfering … overreaching into the private   
   conversations between patients and families and their doctors and telling   
   doctors that they cannot provide the care that they know that their   
   patients need -- that is a very serious government overreach," he added.   
      
   Evidence for gender-affirming care   
   Gender-affirming care may include medical, surgical, mental health and   
   non-medical services. It can range from allowing a child to pick their   
   pronouns to more invasive treatments typically prescribed for older teens.   
      
   Early gender affirming care can be "crucial" to overall health and well-   
   being, allowing a child to focus on social transitions and can help build   
   up confidence while dealing with the health care system, the federal   
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health wrote during the Biden   
   administration.   
      
   Gender-affirming care is supported by multiple major medical   
   organizations. Studies have shown many of the treatment options are   
   generally safe and that care can have a positive impact on mental health,   
   which psychotherapy alone cannot provide, some experts said.   
      
      
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