Transgender Health

Sacramento-based Sutter Health will stop providing gender-affirming procedures for patients under 19 across its network effective Dec. 10, citing the need to comply with recent federal actions following President Trump’s executive order on youth transitions. A Sutter spokesperson said under-19 surgeries had already ceased and physicians are engaging families to determine care plans in light of anticipated requirements, as other systems including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Stanford Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente have also paused aspects of minors’ gender care.