Texas Children's Hospital suspends gender-affirming care for minors under state pressure

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston publicly announced in March 2022 that it was pausing gender-affirming services — including puberty blockers and hormone therapy — for minors, citing the need to protect staff from legal risk following Attorney General Paxton's child abuse opinion. The hospital stated it was working to comply with the law and would resume services if the legal landscape clarified. The announcement affected hundreds of patients mid-treatment at the nation's largest children's hospital.