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Texas Children's Hospital to Open Detransition Clinic Under Settlement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reached a settlement with Texas Children's Hospital requiring the facility to establish a clinic for patients who detransition. The agreement marks the first such clinic in the United States and follows the state's existing restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a settlement with Texas Children's Hospital that requires the hospital to create a clinic for people who detransition. The agreement establishes the first clinic of its kind in the United States. The settlement states the clinic will help patients reverse damage from medical interventions performed for the purpose of transitioning.
Services at the clinic will be provided free of charge for the first five years under the terms of the agreement.
Texas law already prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The new clinic is intended to serve both minors and adults seeking to reverse prior medical steps. The hospital did not issue a public statement about its plans to implement the clinic. It remains unclear whether other states will adopt similar requirements.
U.S. population. Available data indicate that the share of this group who later detransition is proportionally rare. An ongoing movement of transgender people and their families out of Texas has also been reported in connection with state policies on gender-related care.
