{"id":295791,"date":"2026-05-16T08:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295791\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:31:19","slug":"texas-childrens-hospital-to-launch-detransition-clinic-as-part-of-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295791\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Children\u2019s Hospital to launch \u2018detransition clinic\u2019 as part of settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Children\u2019s Hospital will stop providing gender-affirming care to minors and fire five physicians who did, develop a \u201cdetransition clinic,\u201dand pay the state $10 million as part of a settlement announced Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n

The settlement \u2014\u00a0which Texas Children\u2019s called a \u201cdifficult decision\u201d in a statement provided to MS NOW \u2014\u00a0marks the conclusion of a 2023 investigation<\/a> by Paxton\u2019s office into whether staffers at the hospital were violating the law by facilitating gender transitions for minors. The same year, a state law took effect<\/a> banning gender hormone and surgical interventions for minors \u2014 one of more than two dozen bans that have been passed nationwide, according to the Movement Advancement Project<\/a>, as Republicans have campaigned against transgender care and other transgender rights issues.<\/p>\n

The settlement was announced in conjunction with the Justice Department, which has also targeted<\/a> doctors and clinics providing gender-affirming care to kids through subpoenas. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Justice Department will use every weapon at its disposal to end the destructive and discredited practice of so-called \u2018gender-affirming care\u2019 for children,\u201d acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in the department\u2019s statement<\/a> announcing the settlement.<\/p>\n

Paxton \u2014 who is running for Senate and locked in a tight battle<\/a> for the Republican nomination with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn \u2014 called the settlement<\/a> \u201chistoric\u201d and said it \u201creflects an institutional and fundamental cultural shift away from radical \u2018gender\u2019 ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to helping establish the first-ever Detransition Clinic and securing millions, this settlement will ensure that the deranged child mutilators who hurt our kids are fired and held accountable,\u201d\u00a0Paxton said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Research has\u00a0shown<\/a>\u00a0that only a tiny fraction of transgender minors \u2014 less than half of 1% \u2014\u00a0receive gender-affirming medications and that surgeries in particular are\u00a0nearly nonexistent<\/a>\u00a0on young people. Leading medical organizations, including the\u00a0American Medical Association<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0American Psychological Association<\/a>, support access to gender-affirming care, including for minors, and oppose efforts to restrict it.<\/p>\n

But Republicans have alleged that gender-affirming care amounts to child abuse and have highlighted the stories of so-called detransitioners, the small and rare group of people who reverse their gender transitions<\/a> after experiencing regret.<\/p>\n

According to Paxton\u2019s statement, the hospital\u2019s new \u2018detransition clinic\u2019 will provide free services to all patients for the first five years after it opens. What exactly the clinic\u2019s work will consist of is unclear. A spokesperson for the hospital did not respond to a request for more information.<\/p>\n

The hospital also agreed to fire five physicians \u2014\u00a0whom Paxton\u2019s press release described as \u201cwoke doctors\u201d \u2014\u00a0who provided gender-affirming care to minors, and will pay $10 million for billing Texas Medicaid for what Paxton\u2019s office said were illegal interventions.<\/p>\n

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