_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
The Department of Justice just secured a major settlement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to end “gender-affirming care” and to instead set up detransition centers, so that those who regretted having sex-change operations can recover.
The Ohio-based health giant agreed to permanently stop providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and other gender-related medical treatments to patients under 18. Cleveland Clinic will also pay $308,000 to resolve allegations of false billing and commit $2 million toward care for detransitioners.
President Trump’s DOJ has relentlessly and successfully pressured dozens of hospitals around the country to end these harmful medical practices.
_THE FACTS_
More than 40 hospitals around the US have paused or ceased some type of transgender “care” for minors since January 2025.
The Trump administration has warned hospitals that providing these services violates federal civil rights laws, putting their funding at risk.
The Cleveland Clinic — one of the largest and most prestigious medical systems in America — agreed to halt gender-related medical treatments for minors.
It also committed $2 million to provide medical care for detransitioners regardless of insurance coverage or ability to pay.
DOJ said the Clinic “entered into agreements with the Department and the Ohio Attorney General that include a decades-long commitment” not to perform transgender medicine.
Texas Children's Hospital reached a similar settlement last month, paying $10 million and establishing the nation's first detransitioner clinic.
NYU Langone Health ended its Transgender Youth Health Program in February.
Baystate Health, a major health system in Massachusetts, stopped prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors to protect hundreds of millions in federal funding.
_OUR TAKE_
The systematic shuttering of dozens of transgender programs at American hospitals is a direct result of President Trump’s leadership on this issue. After years of the Biden administration funding and promoting the practices, the Trump administration recognizes the immense harm these practices cause, especially to minors.
It takes courage to push back against the transgender issue. Charlie Kirk ultimately lost his life because of it.
And while Charlie persuaded millions through reasoned argument, the federal government is now justly using its power to pressure hospitals to abandon the procedures and expand services for detransitioners seeking to reverse the effects — and ultimately heal.
