A large, peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Network Open found that transgender youths prescribed puberty blockers had significantly lower adjusted odds of diagnosed mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors than transgender youths who did not receive the medications, adding new evidence to a politically contentious area of pediatric medicine.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain personal health information regarding minors who received gender-affirming care at Stanford Children’s Hospital. The brief contends such actions infringe upon states’ constitutional authority to regulate medical practice.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate amicus brief opposing the U.S. Department of Justice’s efforts to obtain patient information from New York University Langone Hospitals regarding gender-affirming care for minors. The brief asserts that the federal government’s actions constitute an infringement upon states’ authority to regulate medical practice.
A study by Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University researchers found that transgender adolescents who received hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were less likely to run away from home. The analysis, based on data from the 2015 United States Transgender Survey, indicated a 2 percentage point reduction in the likelihood of running away, reinforcing arguments that gender-affirming care contributes to improved mental health outcomes for transgender youth.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors, rejecting federal pressure that had led the hospital to suspend the treatments earlier this year, according to a press release from the ABA Journal.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, joined by attorneys general from 21 states and jurisdictions, filed an amicus brief opposing a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena issued to Rhode Island Hospital. The brief argued the federal action seeks to undermine transgender health care for adolescents and represents a novel, unreasonable interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) with broad implications.
A growing number of states are advancing legislation that restricts the rights of transgender individuals, prompting advocates to warn of sweeping national consequences.
Political speech that incites violence should be recognized as such and the architects of such violence held accountable, as the words are the first step in a chain of events that ends in harm.
President Trump used his State of the Union address to advocate for increased state restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which critics say could affect the rights of transgender minors and their families.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against Rady Children’s Health for illegally shutting down gender-affirming medical care for patients under 19, in violation of a major hospital merger agreement.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a multistate lawsuit challenging a Trump administration declaration that could restrict access to gender-affirming care by threatening doctors and hospitals with the loss of federal health funding.
Attorney General Rob Bonta is challenging two Trump Administration proposals that would restrict gender-affirming care for minors, warning that the rules could reduce access to medically necessary treatment and interfere with state-protected healthcare rights.
The ACLU is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill that would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 18, which the ACLU describes as the most extreme anti-transgender legislation ever considered by Congress.
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