Hospitals in blue states have closed gender-affirming care programs for transgender youth and young adults up to 19 because of threats from the Trump administration. Many programs had provided care to thousands of patients without issue prior to the closures. Hospitals cite fear of losing federal funding as the reason for discontinuing services. Parents describe the closures as capitulation and contend that the actions likely violate state nondiscrimination laws. State attorneys general largely limited responses to lawsuits against the administration, leaving hospitals free to stop offering care. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned University of Michigan Health that caving to federal pressure may violate state law and pledged to pursue all available options to restore services.
The announcement from the University of Michigan that they will no longer provide their transgender patients with all of the healthcare options available is shameful, dangerous, and potentially illegal,
This cowardly acquiescence to political pressure from this president and his administration is not what patients have come to expect from an institution that has labeled itself, 'the leaders and the best,' and my Department will be considering all of our options if they violate Michigan law,
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