Federal Judge to Block HHS Declaration That Cuts Medicare Medicaid Funding for Trans Youth Procedures
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon said on Thursday it would grant a summary judgment against a declaration by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that sought to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals performing certain procedures on transgender minors. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai will rule that the […]
ASPS urges delay on sex-change surgeries for kids: Childhood gender dysphoria often resolves naturally
WASHINGTON.D.C.—The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) issued a position statement on Tuesday, February 3, recommending that surgeons delay gender-related breast, chest, genital and facial surgeries for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria until patients reach at least 19 years old. ASPS concluded there was “insufficient evidence demonstrating a favorable risk-benefit ratio for the pathway […]
