A second major children’s hospital has agreed to stop providing transgender medical interventions to minors following a settlement with the Department of Justice. The decision comes as federal investigations into pediatric gender medicine continue and as the national debate over these procedures intensifies.
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From CBN:
In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Ohio’s renowned Cleveland Clinic will no longer provide transgender services like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries to minors at its six medical centers for the next 20 years. In addition, the organization will pay $2 million toward de-transition care and $308,000 to resolve billing allegations.
Dr. Kurt Miceli, Chief Medical Officer for Do No Harm, a medical organization that seeks to counteract youth-focused gender ideology, told CBN News the agreement represents a “momentous victory.”
“The evidence just simply isn’t there in terms of pediatric medical transition,” he said. “There’s very low evidence of any benefit, and there’s significant harm, significant risks. And that includes infertility, cardiovascular effects, the impacts to bone health, and certainly the surgeries.”
The Cleveland Clinic is now the second major hospital to reach such an agreement after Texas Children’s Hospital entered into a similar settlement. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice continues investigating more than 20 children’s hospitals over their transgender programs, and the Trump administration has indicated it will continue pursuing those investigations through the courts.
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