Overview

• Rush stopped offering puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy to new patients under 18 as of July 1.
• Current minor patients may remain on hormonal treatments only if discontinuing would pose potential harm.
• The system continues to provide mental health, behavioral health and social services to gender care patients of all ages.
• Other Chicago providers like Lurie Children’s and UI Health have similarly scaled back youth gender-affirming services under federal funding pressure.
• Families and state attorneys general have filed lawsuits and the U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed patient records from youth gender-affirming care providers.