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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melissa Hellmann

Texas children’s hospital to create first detransition clinic in win for Trump

Texas medical center buildings with glass and stone facades surround a cylindrical commons building with domed roof
Texas children's hospital in Houston on 7 February 2024. Photograph: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

One of the largest pediatric hospitals in the US is creating a clinic that officials say will be a place for transgender youth to detransition to the sex they were assigned at birth.

The news came on Friday, when Texas children’s hospital reached a settlement agreement with the state’s attorney general and the US justice department over allegations that the Houston-based medical center billed Texas Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care under false diagnosis codes, among other claims.

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