{"id":2613609,"date":"2026-06-12T14:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-texas-childrens-hospital-trans-kids-settlement-hasnt-happened-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:42:36","slug":"the-texas-childrens-hospital-trans-kids-settlement-hasnt-happened-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-texas-childrens-hospital-trans-kids-settlement-hasnt-happened-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Texas Hospital Trans Kids Settlement Hasn&#8217;t Happened Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fthe-texas-childrens-hospital-trans-kids-settlement-hasnt-happened-yet%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=2613609&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Contrary to previous reporting, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/15\/paxton-scores-a-10-million-victory-in-the-fight-against-the-trans-kids-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including from The Federalist<\/a>, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital hasn\u2019t signed a settlement committing to ending sex-rejecting procedures on minors.<\/p>\n<p>On May 15, the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they had secured settlement agreements with Texas Children\u2019s Hospital over that hospital\u2019s participation in transgender medical procedures for minors. As a result of the agreements, both announcements said, the hospital had agreed to create a detransition clinic and pay $10 million in settlement costs.<\/p>\n<p>With emphasis added, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and\">federal announcement<\/a> said \u201cTexas Children\u2019s Hospital (TCH) <em>has entered into agreements<\/em> with the Department and the Texas Attorney General that include commitments to not perform such procedures on children,\u201d while the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-paxton-makes-history-securing-landmark-healthcare-fraud-settlement-creates-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> said that \u201cAttorney General Ken Paxton <em>secured a historic settlement<\/em> with Texas Children\u2019s Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t true. What they had was a general list of topics on which the hospital and the government agencies had agreed in principle, serving as the basis for continued negotiations toward an actual settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Since the announcements were made, The Federalist has repeatedly asked the DOJ, the Texas attorney general\u2019s office, and the media affairs office at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital a long series of questions about the details of the supposed settlement, and our questions have met complete silence. On Friday, a phone call to the media affairs staff of the Texas AG\u2019s office was answered by a man who said he said he couldn\u2019t hear, then hung up.<\/p>\n<p>But some hints about the \u201csettlement agreement\u201d have begun to appear in Texas media. On June 1, the Texas Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/06\/01\/texas-children-hospital-transgender-detransition-clinic\/\">reported<\/a> that their written request for the settlement had instead led the Texas AG\u2019s office to send them a \u201cterm sheet\u201d that lists the details of an agreement in principle, \u201cand not the complete settlement document between the two parties, as originally requested because one has not been signed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On June 10, ABC13 in Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/texas-childrens-hospital-will-have-create-potential-gender-affirming-care-patient-list-state-records-show\/19271971\/\">reported<\/a> the same thing, again describing the details of a term sheet. \u201cThe settlement hasn\u2019t been finalized yet, so there are still questions on exactly when it will go into effect,\u201d their story concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of a signed settlement with terms that are provable and publicly available, no evidence suggests that Texas Children\u2019s Hospital has begun to create the much-discussed detransition clinic. A search of the hospital website for detransition services on Friday produced this result:<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A reporter from The Federalist called the hospital switchboard on Friday and asked to speak to the person who could discuss the detransition clinic. After a long silence, the operator offered this reply: \u201cI don\u2019t have any information on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, the media affairs office at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital sent The Federalist a one-sentence statement by email: \u201cOut of respect for the ongoing settlement process, we will not be making any further statements at this time as the matter proceeds through the proper channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The settlement, described in May as having been \u201csecured\u201d is an \u201congoing settlement process.\u201d We\u2019ll continue to watch for the completion of an actual settlement agreement, and to ask questions about the details when it finally happens.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to previous reporting, including from The Federalist, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital hasn\u2019t signed a settlement committing to ending sex-rejecting procedures on minors. 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