The universities’ hospitals and medical center agree to resolve potential violations of federal law regarding puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors.
The Department of Justice announced that New York University Langone Hospitals (NYU) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have agreed to resolve investigations by ceasing to provide sex-rejecting procedures on children, such as administering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones and performing surgical procedures. The hospitals will also provide payments as part of the resolution to the investigations of potential violations of federal law. Similar agreements have been made with Mount Sinai Health System in New York, Texas Children’s Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Connecticut Children’s Hospital.
“The Department of Justice is fighting to protect our nation’s children and working tirelessly to reach agreements with hospitals to end so-called ‘gender affirming care’ for minors,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Hospitals that target children in these practices and then fraudulently obtain payment for the procedures will be held to account.”
“We appreciate that some of the nation’s largest and most prestigious hospital systems have agreed to cease harming minors under the guise of ‘gender-affirming care’ and agreed to pay for potential violations of federal law when they did so,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Civil Division. “Our efforts and investigations into other providers are ongoing. Those that have broken the law and not resolved their potential liability will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Attorney General Blanche as he oversees efforts to ensure medical providers are not engaged in sex-rejecting procedures on minors.
- For Assistant Attorney General Shumate as he works to protect children from damaging treatments to address gender dysphoria.
Sources: Department of Justice
