As FBI Probes Hospitals and Trump Admin Cuts Funding, Former Speaker Vows National Push to Protect Gender-Affirming Treatments
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pressing ahead with a national effort to ensure access to ‘gender-affirming’ care for minors, a move that comes as a major California healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente, pauses some services for patients under 19.
Pelosi’s pledge comes in response to Kaiser’s decision, which cites new federal restrictions from the Trump administration.
The new federal regulations, outlined in Executive Order 14187, aim to stop the use of federal funds for sex change procedures for minors and are based on the guidance of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The order has drawn praise from parental rights group