California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a letter on Feb. 5 to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, after multiple reports emerged that the hospital was pausing hormonal medications for new patients with gender dysphoria under the age of 19.
It follows President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting federal funding for gender transition medications and procedures.
In the letter, Bonta warned the hospital that under California law, “withholding services from transgender individuals … while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination.”
“Please inform us within 10 days whether your facility is canceling appointments for gender affirming care and the justification for doing so,” he wrote….