California warns hospitals not to withhold trans youth healthcare

Attorney general Rob Bonta tells Guardian that health providers have duty to provide gender-affirming treatment amid Trump attacks

As Donald Trump seeks to block transgender youth healthcare across the country, California's attorney general has sent a clear message to providers, reminding them of their duty to provide gender-affirming treatment under the state's nondiscrimination laws.

The law requires [hospitals] to continue to provide gender-affirming care to our transgender community," Rob Bonta, a Democrat who heads the California justice department, told the Guardian on Wednesday. We will have the transgender community's back. We will fight for their rights, for their protections, for their freedoms."