Overview

• Nancy Pelosi announced plans to introduce national legislation safeguarding gender-affirming care for transgender minors in response to federal restrictions
• Over a dozen Democratic-led states and D.C. filed suit August 1 in Massachusetts to block President Trump’s executive order ending federal support for under-19 transition procedures
• Major systems including Kaiser Permanente, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Children’s National Hospital have paused or ended gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 ahead of an August enforcement deadline
• Memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate direct DOJ prosecutors to pursue providers under anti-mutilation laws, and the FBI has opened probes into leading children’s hospitals
• Leaked messages from a private World Professional Association for Transgender Health forum raised questions about clinical ethics and tactics to secure parental approval for irreversible treatments