Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the month. Kaiser Permanente, a health care company that manages 40 hospitals across several states -- including California, Oregon and Virginia -- said it is pausing gender-related surgeries for patients under age 18 on Aug. 29. It noted that other gender-related care will continue. Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. said it will also stop prescribing gender-affirming medications on Aug. 30. It follows a move the hospital made in late January to pause all puberty-blockers and hormone prescriptions for minors. Since President Donald Trump's second term began in January, at least 17 major hospital systems in at least nine states and th

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