Colorado’s top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
The justices said the minors are likely to prevail on discrimination claims and that speculative federal funding losses do not justify the pause.
- On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care in a 5-2 decision, finding the facility likely violated state anti-discrimination law by suspending services.
- The hospital suspended services earlier this year following warnings from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that providers offering such care could face exclusion from federal funding programs.
- Justice William Hood III wrote that "denying access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for gender-affirming care but not for purposes unrelated to gender-affirming care differentiates care based on gender identity."
- The state's highest court directed the lower trial court to issue an injunction requiring the resumption of services, while a hospital spokeswoman said the facility is examining the ruling and assessing next steps.
- Although Children's Hospital Colorado maintained that resuming care risks federal sanctions, the majority concluded that potential harm to patients outweighs the speculative threat of losing federal health care program funding.
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Colorado’s top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding.
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Colorado's top court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered the state's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors.
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