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Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado faces a hearing for contempt of court after its doctors didn\u2019t resume gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n

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The Aurora hospital and Denver Health stopped prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to people under 19 in January, following a federal threat to cut Medicare and Medicaid payments to any hospital that provided gender-affirming care to minors.<\/p>\n

Families of transgender patients sued, alleging that Children\u2019s was discriminating based on gender identity. A Denver court originally ruled in the hospital\u2019s favor, but the Colorado Supreme Court reversed that decision, ordering Children\u2019s to restart gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n

The hospital reported in June that it had complied, but that its providers had independently decided not to offer that type of care because of the legal risk.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs made a motion to hold the hospital in contempt, arguing that Children\u2019s decision to post a letter stating its providers wouldn\u2019t offer that service effectively continued to deny care, and that the hospital is responsible if its providers discriminate based on gender identity. They asked the court to impose a $50,000 daily fine until the hospital starts offering gender-affirming care again.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s countered with a filing stating that it had followed the court\u2019s order by restoring gender-affirming care to its \u201cscope of services\u201d that providers could offer, and that it can\u2019t force doctors to write certain prescriptions for patients. A Denver District Court judge will bring the parties in on Monday to schedule a future hearing on the contempt allegations and to decide who should testify.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has taken multiple steps to punish providers of gender-affirming care, including issuing subpoenas for patients\u2019 and doctors\u2019 records; forbidding Medicaid from paying for gender-affirming care for minors; and threatening to withhold payments for all types of care from facilities that don\u2019t halt their gender-affirming programs, based on a declaration from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that such care is \u201cneither safe nor effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

The threat of that nuclear option may no longer be in play. NPR reported, based on internal documents, that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wouldn\u2019t move forward with a formal rule to withhold Medicare and Medicaid payments from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to youth. It could, however, propose a similar rule at some future point.<\/p>\n

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In a post on the social media site X, HHS disputed the story, saying it continued to review public comments and would issue a rule along those lines.<\/p>\n

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Paula Greisen, who represented the family that sued Children\u2019s, said she hoped the report reflects a federal decision that care \u201cshould not be weaponized,\u201d but the hospital hasn\u2019t changed its conduct as threats diminish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is becoming clear that the Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s board of directors was simply using these now-withdrawn threats as a thinly veiled excuse to cease providing this necessary care to thousands of children,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s said that the plaintiffs were attempting to force it to stop granting admitting privileges to physicians who refused to offer gender-affirming care, which would ultimately harm patients.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRevoking the medical staff membership of these physicians would not restore access to medical gender-affirming care. Instead, it would further limit access to the broader scope of gender-affirming services these same providers offer every day, including care that supports the mental health, well-being and safety of gender-diverse patients,\u201d the hospital said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A federal court placed the Kennedy declaration on hold, and it no longer appears on HHS\u2019s website. The rule preventing Medicaid from paying for gender-affirming care for minors appears on track to take effect, which would force states to decide whether to pay for it themselves \u2014 assuming it survives any legal challenges.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice subpoenaed Children\u2019s for patient records, though a magistrate judge recommended throwing the request out.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Children\u2019s treated 257 kids with puberty blockers and 549 with hormone therapy for gender dysphoria, which is distress caused by a mismatch between someone\u2019s sense of gender and how the world sees them. Children\u2019s does not perform gender-affirming surgeries on minors.<\/p>\n

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