Overview

• The FBI opened criminal investigations into Boston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles under the FGM statute for alleged irreversible gender-affirming procedures on minors.
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said it will shut its Center for Transyouth Health and Development on July 22, 2025, citing significant operational, legal and financial risks.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi’s memo directed Justice Department personnel to apply 18 U.S.C. §116 to gender-affirming treatments, launched a Coalition Against Child Mutilation and spurred draft legislation for a private right of action.
• Children’s Hospital Colorado initially suspended puberty blockers and hormone therapies for patients under 19 after Trump’s executive order but resumed those services once a federal judge blocked the restriction.
• Boston Children’s Hospital continues its Gender Multispecialty Service program offering puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgery referrals for minors while awaiting formal notice of any violations.