UPMC To End Pediatric Gender-affirming Care

PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)-UPMC has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to end pediatric gender-affirming care. On Friday, a DOJ spokesperson announced that New York University Langone Hospitals (NYU) and UPMC would end the care after an “investigation into potential violations of federal law arising from their provision of sex-rejecting procedures on children.” As part of the resolutions, UPMC is paying $950,000. Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed the hospitals were “targeting” children by offering this care. The care included puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and some surgical procedures. Several other large healthcare providers have reached similar agreements, including: Mount Sinai Health System in New York, Texas Children’s Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Connecticut Children’s Hospital. In Feb., 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at restricting the option of gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.