Corewell Health is latest Michigan hospital to halt gender-affirming care for minors.

Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan health care system, cited pressure from the Trump administration when it halted gender-affirming care for patients under 19 years of age last month.

Equality Michigan, a LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, decried Corewell's decision.

Citing the "serious risk of legal action," Corewell Health on Sept. 10 became the latest Michigan health care system to discontinue gender-affirming care for minors.

A statement provided to the Free Press by Corewell said: "Given the serious risk of legal and regulatory action, Corewell Health will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or hormone therapy to minors for gender affirmation. Like many health care systems across the coun

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