Canadian medical orgs unmoved as U.S. pulls back on youth gender clinics
U.S. hospitals have agreed to end youth gender-transition medical treatments, while Canadian organizations have yet to publicly respond.
Several of Canada’s leading transgender healthcare organizations, pediatric hospitals and medical regulators have stayed silent after a pair of major U.S. Department of Justice settlements scaled back youth gender-transition treatments and expanded detransition care.
On June 5, the Cleveland Clinic agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and other gender-transition medical interventions to minors and committed $2 million toward detransition-related care.
The agreement follows a May settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Texas Children’s Hospital, which included a commitment to cease providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, a payment exceeding $10 million, and the creation of a dedicated detransition clinic.
