{"id":5614,"date":"2025-12-21T07:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/pediatricians-object-to-trumps-push-to-ban-care-for-transgender-kids-shots\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:28:11","slug":"pediatricians-object-to-trumps-push-to-ban-care-for-transgender-kids-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/pediatricians-object-to-trumps-push-to-ban-care-for-transgender-kids-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatricians object to Trump’s push to ban care for transgender kids : Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A display at the Gender Health Program of Children’s Minnesota hospital. Under a proposed rule announced Thursday, a hospital will lose all its Medicaid and Medicare funding if it continues to provide gender-affirming care for trans people under age 18.
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Dr. Kade Goepferd watched the Trump administration’s moves on Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth with “a mix of sadness and frustration.”<\/p>\n

Goepferd<\/a>, who is the founder of Children’s Minnesota Gender Health Program, says that for the medical community, nothing has changed about the evidence supporting gender-affirming care that could justify the government’s actions.<\/p>\n

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“There’s a massive propaganda and disinformation campaign that is selectively targeting this small population of already vulnerable kids and their families,” Goepferd says.<\/p>\n

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Federal health officials said many times at Thursday’s announcement that their actions were driven by science and evidence, not politics or ideology. They frequently praised a report published<\/a> by the Department of Health and Human Services in November. It concluded that clinicians who provide medical care to help youth transition have failed their patients and emphasized the benefits of psychotherapy as an alternative.<\/p>\n