Author: Amy Harmon

September 22, 2026 Amy Harmon

Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration

At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.

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September 2, 2026 Amy Harmon

States Sue Over Move to End to Federal Funds for Transgender Youth for Transition Care

The Trump administration wants to bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from paying for gender-transition medication and surgery for transgender adolescents.

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August 11, 2026 Amy Harmon

Trump Administration Bars Medicaid Funding of Transition Treatment for Transgender Youth

Transgender rights advocates said the new rule would face a legal challenge.