""RFK Jr. literally made up a process where he could sign a declaration and declare gender-affirming care to be, in his view, unsound," Adrian Shanker stated, highlighting the arbitrary nature of the directive that led to many hospitals discontinuing care preemptively."
""Unfortunately, many hospitals discontinued care preemptively," Shanker noted, emphasizing the impact of the Trump administration's directive on the availability of gender-affirming care for trans youth."
Several hospitals that halted gender-affirming care for minors due to a directive from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are not indicating plans to resume services. A federal judge ruled the directive legally invalid, yet many hospitals complied preemptively. Health care experts criticized the directive as overreach. Despite the court ruling, hospitals like Mount Sinai have not commented on their future plans for gender-affirming care for trans youth, leaving uncertainty about the resumption of these essential services.
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