COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Nationwide Children's Hospital confirmed on Friday it will soon no longer provide any forms of treatment known as gender-affirming care for transgender patients.

The hospital said in a statement it's ending all such trans medical care, like puberty blockers and hormone therapy, effective Sept. 26. The change will also impact those patients that were "grandfathered in" when the Ohio Statehouse passed House Bill 68, a contested 2023 law banning youth from receiving gender-affirming care.

"Although we are currently in compliance with state and federal regulations, in order to proactively plan and support our providers and patients in a rapidly changing regulatory environment, Nationwide Children's providers will discontinue prescribing gender-affirming medications,"

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