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Less than a week after President Trump signed an executive order cracking down on trans treatments for minors, hospitals around the nation are already reversing course. This is what we’ve prayed for!
From The Daily Wire. Following President Donald Trump’s executive order protecting children from irreversible gender procedures, hospitals across the country have started canceling appointments or ceasing their transgender programs for children.
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“It’s already having its intended effect — preventing children from being maimed and sterilized by adults perpetuating a radical, false claim that they can somehow change a child’s sex,” the White House said in a Monday release. “Hospitals around the country are taking action to downsize or eliminate their so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ programs.” …
In New York, NYU Langone Health began canceling transgender appointments for children, including two 12-year-olds who were supposed to start puberty blockers — medication that can have irreversible impacts on a child’s development.
In Colorado, a spokesperson for Denver Health told NBC that it had stopped performing transgender surgeries on children and young people under the age of 19.
In Virginia, both VCU Health and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond confirmed to NBC that they have halted their transgender medication and surgeries on children and people under 19. UVA Health in Charlottesville has suspended all so-called “gender-affirming care” while it reviews the guidance. …
In the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., Children’s National Hospital “paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to comply with the directives while we assess the situation further,” according to NBC. …
In Illinois, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said it is reviewing Trump’s order and “assessing any potential impact to the clinical services we offer to our patient families,” according to the local outlet Fox59. …
In Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia also said it is “closely reviewing recent government actions, including the executive order on Jan. 28, to understand how they might impact care for the children who rely on [it].”
Trump signed an executive order during his second week in office protecting children from irreversible gender transition procedures, calling them a “stain on our Nation’s history.” …
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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Ben White on Unsplash)