{"id":2465039,"date":"2025-07-22T04:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/childrens-national-hospital-ends-its-gender-affirming-and-transition-programs-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:51:20","slug":"childrens-national-hospital-ends-its-gender-affirming-and-transition-programs-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/childrens-national-hospital-ends-its-gender-affirming-and-transition-programs-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s National Hospital ends its gender-affirming and transition programs &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchildrens-national-hospital-ends-its-gender-affirming-and-transition-programs-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Children&#8217;s National Hospital has announced it will end its gender-affirming and transition programs for transgender minors, including discontinuing the prescription of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-d-gov-signs-legislation-restricting-access-to-transgender-healthcare\/\" title=\"Policy restricting access to trans... ... is signed by N. D. Gov.\">gender-affirming medications<\/a>. This change will take effect on August 30. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/childrens-national-hospital-to-end-all-gender-transition-treatments\/\" title=\"Children\u2019s ... to End All ...-Transition Treatments\">hospital cited increasing legal<\/a> and regulatory risks as the reason for halting these services but confirmed that mental health and other support services for LGBT patients will continue. The decision follows recent actions by the U.S. Department of Justice, which issued subpoenas to medical professionals involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gender-affirming procedures<\/a> for children, reflecting the Trump administration&#8217;s stance against such treatments. Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsed the hospital&#8217;s move, emphasizing ongoing enforcement against what the administration describes as harmful medical interventions on children.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Children&rsquo;s National Hospital ends its gender-affirming and transition programs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2178687\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gender<\/a> Development Program at Children&rsquo;s National Hospital will discontinue its gender-affirming medication prescription program for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transgender<\/a> minors and no longer offer transition services at the health institution.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement was made on the program&rsquo;s website on Monday. The change will go into effect on Aug. 30, according to a statement on the hospital&rsquo;s webpage for the program. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478142\/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-at-54\/\">Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Theo Huxtable from &lsquo;Cosby Show,&rsquo;&nbsp; dead at 54<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478102\/judge-extends-pause-trump-plan-defund-planned-parenthood\/\">Judge extends pause on Trump&#8217;s plan to defund Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3478088\/garbarino-homeland-security-committee-chairman-succeed-mark-green\/\">Andrew Garbarino selected as Homeland Security Committee chairman to succeed Mark Green<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Previously, Children&rsquo;s National Hospital reinforced ideas such as &ldquo;each child&rsquo;s gender journey is unique&rdquo; and some children know that &ldquo;they are a gender different than the one they were assumed at birth,&rdquo; claiming that some of the children who feel this way may experience &ldquo;the need to live and be affirmed as this gender in some or all settings.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensnational.org\/get-care\/departments\/gender-development-program\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;A Message for Existing and New Patients,&rdquo;<\/a> the hospital briefly explained its decision to halt the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-wants-to-turn-your-elementary-schooler-into-a-climate-justice-activist\/\" title=\"Biden aims to transform young students into climate activists.\">gender-affirming program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In light of escalating legal and regulatory risks to Children&rsquo;s National, our providers, and the families we serve, we will be discontinuing the prescription of gender-affirming medications,&rdquo; read the message. &ldquo;Mental health and other support services for LGBT patients remain available. You are always welcome at Children&rsquo;s National for your other medical needs.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know this change will have a significant impact on affected patients, families, and staff,&rdquo; noted the message. &ldquo;Our care teams are working directly with families of current patients to support them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The hospital&rsquo;s decision to halt the treatment comes just weeks after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3467403\/doj-subpoenas-doctor-child-transgender-procedures\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Department of Justice issued subpoenas<\/a> to medical professionals who have conducted gender-affirming medical procedures on children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Medical professionals and organizations that mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology will be held accountable by this Department of Justice,&rdquo; Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a> said at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi&rsquo;s actions adhere to the Trump administration&rsquo;s objectives in reshaping the federal government with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;Protecting Children From Chemical And Surgical Mutilation&rdquo;<\/a> executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Jan. 28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child&rsquo;s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions,&rdquo; read the order. &ldquo;This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation&rsquo;s history, and it must end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s order specified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called &lsquo;transition&rsquo; of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-lawsuit-claims-12-year-olds-suicide-attempts-occurred-after-secret-gender-identity-meetings-with-school-staff\/\" title=\"Parents ...suit Claims 12-Year-Old\u2019s Suicide Attempts Occurred After Secret ... Identity Meetings with School Staff\">life-altering procedures<\/a>,&rdquo; noted the presidential directive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3477606\/trump-doj-drops-biden-era-transgender-lawsuit\/\"><strong>TRUMP DOJ DROPS BIDEN-ERA LAWSUIT OVER BAN ON TRANSGENDER PROCEDURES FOR MINORS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bondi acknowledged Children&rsquo;s National Hospital&rsquo;s decision in a post on X. She emphasized the Department of Justice&rsquo;s commitment to &ldquo;continue enforcing the law&rdquo; against health institutions that promote gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At President Trump&rsquo;s direction, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> will continue enforcing the law against institutions like Children&rsquo;s National that mutilate children under the guise of medical care.<\/p>\n<p>History will remember <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> as a champion on this crucial issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IqUt8RtBUu\">pic.twitter.com\/IqUt8RtBUu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1947362978526814579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;At President Trump&rsquo;s direction, @TheJusticeDept will continue enforcing the law against institutions like Children&rsquo;s National that mutilate children under the guise of medical care,&rdquo; Bondi posted. &ldquo;History will remember @POTUS<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>as a champion on this crucial issue,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2178687\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2178687\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children&#8217;s National Hospital ends gender-affirming care for minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2465040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/120424_SCOTUS_GENDER-4-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[59619,59634,58919,59635,32076],"class_list":["post-2465039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-childrens-national-hospital","tag-gender-affirming-care","tag-transgender-healthcare","tag-transition-programs","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/120424_SCOTUS_GENDER-4-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465043,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465039\/revisions\/2465043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}