Children’s Minnesota announced Monday it is resuming gender-affirming care for children just over a month after pausing it amid “threats” from the federal government. <\/p>\n
The hospital temporarily paused prescribing puberty-suppressing medications and pubertal hormones for patients under 18 in the Gender Health program<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 27. It continued to provide “supportive care, mental health services and guidance regarding both medical and non-medical treatment options,” as part of the Gender Health program during the pause.<\/p>\n The move came after a December proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would prohibit hospitals from providing “pharmaceutical or surgical interventions” as gender-affirming care or risk losing Medicare and Medicaid funding.<\/p>\n Hospital officials say they decided to resume the program after a federal court ruling vacated the HHS’s declaration.<\/p>\n “Offering science- and research-based health care to transgender and gender diverse youth is part of Children’s Minnesota’s vision of being every family’s essential partner in raising healthier children,” Children’s Minnesota said.<\/p>\n The hospital said it will be contacting patient families that were affected by the pause.<\/p>\n One of President Trump’s first actions in his second term was to issue an executive order saying the U.S. “will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” gender-affirming care.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since his inauguration, his administration has continued its\u00a0attacks on trans people<\/a>, including by attempting to\u00a0prevent trans athletes from competing in sports<\/a>. Last week, the Trump administration\u00a0sued Minnesota and the Minnesota State High School League<\/a>\u00a0over the\u00a0state’s policy allowing transgender athletes<\/a>\u00a0to compete in girls’ sports.<\/p>\n Anthony Bettin<\/a><\/p>\n contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n