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Stanford Halts Gender-Affirming Surgeries to Children Amid Pressure From Trump Administration

CALIFORNIA, JUN 25 – Stanford Medicine halted surgeries amid federal legal and funding threats, affecting a rare procedure with fewer than 20 minors nationwide undergoing genital surgeries annually, officials said.

  • Stanford Medicine paused providing gender-affirming surgeries to LGBTQ+ patients under 19 on June 2, 2025, in Palo Alto, California.
  • This pause followed Trump administration threats to withhold federal grants from hospitals offering gender-affirming care, prompting legal and institutional responses.
  • Stanford consulted clinical leadership and its LGBTQ+ program before deciding to pause surgeries, while continuing puberty blockers and hormone treatments.
  • A recent study found only 2.1 of 100,000 trans youths ages 15 to 17 receive surgery, which is rare and reserved for extreme gender dysphoria cases.
  • The pause impacts families relying on this care, and following Stanford, Children’s Hospital LA closed its trans youth program effective July 1, suggesting wider care reductions.
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KTVU FOX 2 broke the news in Oakland, United States on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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