Overview

• Michigan Medicine will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones to patients under 19, while continuing other services and leaving adult care unchanged.
• The health system attributed the suspension to Justice Department subpoenas and mounting legal risks following a January executive order from President Trump.
• Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel condemned the decision as “shameful, dangerous, and potentially illegal” and said her office is assessing possible action under state law.
• Nessel reissued guidance to providers stating that denying transition-related services to transgender patients could be unlawful discrimination in Michigan.
• The Justice Department says it has issued more than 20 subpoenas to clinicians and hospitals, including a request to a Philadelphia children’s hospital for extensive records dating back to 2020.