Texas children’s hospital to create first detransition clinic in win for Trump

Key Points:

• Texas Children’s Hospital has agreed to create a detransition clinic for transgender youth wishing to revert to their sex assigned at birth, as part of a settlement with the Texas attorney general and the US justice department over alleged Medicaid billing fraud related to gender-affirming care.
• The hospital will pay $10 million to the state, fund the detransition clinic free of charge for five years, and cease providing puberty blockers, hormonal therapy, or gender-affirming surgeries to minors.
• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the settlement as a victory against what he calls the "radical transgender movement," emphasizing increased legal scrutiny on hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth.
• The settlement follows a broader political campaign against gender-affirming care for minors, including a 2025 executive order by former President Trump and Texas laws banning such treatments since 2023.
• Texas Children’s Hospital stated it settled after extensive investigations, asserting compliance with laws and criticizing the campaign against gender-affirming care as based on misinformation; meanwhile, families like one Texas mother report significant benefits from such care for their transgender children.