In a deal that federal prosecutors called historic, Ohio’s world-renowned Cleveland Clinic has agreed to a self-imposed 20-year ban on “sex-rejecting” procedures for minors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on June 5.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation will also set up a $2 million “restorative care” fund to aid those claiming harm from gender-related surgeries and medications. In addition, the clinic will pay a $308,000 penalty “to resolve allegations regarding false billings submitted to public and private payors to secure insurance coverage” for those procedures, a DOJ statement reads.
Consistently ranked among the world’s top hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment on June 8….