Denver Health in Colorado has stopped providing gender manipulation surgeries for people under age 19, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday, in order to comply with the executive order and continue receiving federal funding. It is unclear whether the hospital will continue providing other gender manipulation procedures for youth, including hormone therapy and puberty blockers.
In Virginia, VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond said they have suspended gender manipulation procedures including both surgeries and medication for those under 19 years old.
In Washington, D.C., Children’s National Hospital said the hospital had “paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to comply with the directives while we assess the situation further.” The hospital already did not perform gender manipulation surgeries on minors, a spokesperson said Thursday.
Trump's order, signed Tuesday, is part of a push to reverse Biden's radical transgender policies. It ordered agencies to take steps to makes sure that hospitals receiving federal research and education grants “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
