New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to hospitals in the state on Monday threatening them with legal action if they comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order against transgender procedures on children.
Trump directed all federal agencies in his order to make sure that hospitals receiving federal grant funds “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
The order also applies broadly to Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and other ways in which the federal government is involved in healthcare.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt detailed several hospitals that have stopped or temporarily paused child genital mutilation in compliance with the order.
They include Denver Health in Colorado, VCU Health in Virginia, and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in
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