Trans healthcare providers face chaos under Trump order: ‘like withholding CPR’

The director of a US group of 1,000 medical providers dedicated to LGBTQ+ health equity addresses the fallout

Donald Trump's executive order attacking transgender youth healthcare has unleashed chaos inside medical institutions across the country, with providers forced to cancel vital treatment and facing threats to their careers and clinics as they fight to serve their patients.

The president's 28 January policy declared federal funding should be revoked from centers that provide gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy and puberty blockers, to youth under the age of 19. While the majority of trans healthcare providers have maintained services, institutions in New York, Colorado, Virginia, California and Washington DC announced immediate pauses on youth treatment.