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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Slevin and Geoff Mulvihill

Colorado's top court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors

Transgender Health Colorado - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding.

Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended medical treatments for transgender patients under 18 in January after it said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened an investigation into its treatments following a series of clashes between President Donald Trump's administration and advocates over transgender health care for children.

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