The Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume medical gender-affirming treatments for patients under 18. The ruling comes after the hospital paused care for minors in January. Sources report that the hospital suspended treatments following actions connected to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigation into the hospital’s gender-affirming care for youth, amid broader disputes between the Trump administration and advocates over transgender health care.
MedPage Today and other outlets describe the treatments at issue as including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The court’s decision holds that the hospital’s pause violates state law, and it directs the hospital to restart providing the relevant medical services to eligible minors who identify as transgender.
While outlets differ in wording—some refer to “sex change drugs” or “gender transition treatments”—they broadly agree on the same sequence of events: the hospital stopped care for minors in January, the Colorado Supreme Court later ruled the pause unlawful, and the hospital is now required to resume gender-affirming care for minors.
