{"id":2479524,"date":"2025-08-27T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-m-health-ends-transgender-treatment-for-minors\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:17:56","slug":"u-m-health-ends-transgender-treatment-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-m-health-ends-transgender-treatment-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"U-M Health ends transgender treatment for minors"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fu-m-health-ends-transgender-treatment-for-minors%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=2479524&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>The University of Michigan&#8217;s hospital system, Michigan Medicine, announced it will stop providing hormonal therapies and puberty blockers to transgender minors. This decision followed criminal and civil investigations initiated by the Trump administration into providers of transgender treatments for minors across the U.S. Michigan Medicine cited escalating legal and regulatory threats as reasons for halting these specific treatments for patients under 19, though care for adults remains unchanged. The move has sparked controversy: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel condemned it as &#8220;shameful, risky, and possibly illegal,&#8221; reaffirming that refusal of such care could constitute discrimination under state law. Simultaneously occurring,some conservative groups praised the decision and the Trump Administration&#8217;s broader efforts to end transgender treatments for minors nationwide. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">U-M Health ends transgender treatment for minors<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2213794\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Michigan&rsquo;s<\/a> hospital system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan<\/a> Medicine, announced it will no longer provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hormonal therapies<\/a> and puberty blocker medications for minors.<\/p>\n<p>This came in response to the Trump Administration opening criminal and civil investigations into those providing transgender treatments for minors throughout the country<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3784382\/fortified-roof-program-informed-by-the-legacy-of-katrina\/\">Fortified roof program informed by the legacy of Katrina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3784214\/virginia-races-tighten-winsome-earle-sears-closes-gap-5-points\/\">Virginia races tighten, Earle-Sears closes gap to 5 points<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3784015\/montgomery-county-job-center-doge-fired-federal-workers-maryland\/\">DC-area county to launch job center for DOGE-cut federal workers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In light of that investigation, and given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-medical-center-becomes-latest-to-drop-transgender-services-for-minors-amid-trump-pressure\/\" title=\"... of Michigan Medical Center becomes latest to drop transg...er services for ... amid Trump pressure\">escalating external threats<\/a> and risks, we will no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >longer provide gender affirming hormonal therapies<\/a> and puberty blocker medications for minors,&rdquo; said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganmedicine.org\/news-release\/important-update-our-care-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a statement<\/a>&nbsp;from Michigan Medicine released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We recognize the gravity and impact of this decision for our patients and our community,&rdquo; it continued. &ldquo;We are working closely with all those impacted, and we will continuously support the well-being of our patients, their families, and our teams.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Medicine was just one of more than 20 doctors and clinics that were subpoenaed by the Department of Justice in early July.<\/p>\n<p>They were subpoenaed for their part in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-childrens-hospital-performs-sex-change-procedures-on-children-as-young-as-11-report\/\" title=\"Texas ...&#039;s Hospital does sex change surgeries on kids as young as 11, says report.\">performing transgender medical procedures<\/a> on children,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/department-justice-subpoenas-doctors-and-clinics-involved-performing-transgender-medical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the department<\/a>.<\/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; said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.<\/p>\n<p>On Michigan Medicine&rsquo;s webpage which previously listed its transgender treatments, it posted more details about its decision to end those for all patients under the age of 19.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In response to unprecedented legal and regulatory threats to our clinicians and our institution, we have made the difficult decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/puberty-blockers-trans-hormones-connected-to-rising-teen-suicide-report-finds\/\" title=\"..., Trans Hormones Connected to Rising Teen Suicide, Report Finds\">gender affirming hormones<\/a> for patients under age 19,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uofmhealth.org\/conditions-treatments\/transgender-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it stated<\/a>. &ldquo;We will continue to care for our gender diverse patients, providing all appropriate care other than puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones. Care for patients age 19 and over is not affected by this change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel pushed back against Michigan Medicine&rsquo;s decision to end those transgender treatments,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dananessel\/status\/1960490897847558343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling it<\/a>&nbsp;&ldquo;shameful, dangerous, and potentially illegal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Michigan Medicine&rsquo;s decision, Nessel&rsquo;s office reissued an open letter to all Michigan health care providers.<\/p>\n<p>The letter outlines that to refuse these health care services might be discrimination under Michigan law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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, &lsquo;the leaders and the best,&rsquo; and my department will be considering all of our options if they violate Michigan law,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ag\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/08\/26\/attorney-general-dana-nessel-reissues-guidance-to-michigan-healthcare-providers-and-patients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nessel said<\/a>. &ldquo;UM has chosen instead to sacrifice the health, well-being, and likely the very lives of Michigan children, to protect itself from the ire of an administration who, oftentimes, engages in unlawful actions itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Nessel also joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to protect transgender health care for minors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3783762\/house-gop-targets-midwest-fight-2026-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HOUSE GOP TARGETS MIDWEST AS FIGHT FOR MAJORITY INTENSIFIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Others have applauded this move and the Trump Administration&rsquo;s push to end these treatments nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pressure from the Trump Administration is working,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/approject\/status\/1960374625294008330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said a statement<\/a>&nbsp;from the American Principles Project, a conservative policy group that has been outspoken against transgender treatment for minors. &ldquo;Thank you, POTUS.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.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>U-M Health stops hormone, puberty blocker treatments for 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