Under pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump, Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan's medical center, will stop providing gender-affirming care ― hormone therapy or puberty blockers — for patients under the age of 19, a spokeswoman for the medical system said Aug. 25.

"The University of Michigan, including Michigan Medicine, is one of multiple institutions across the country that has received a federal subpoena as part of a criminal and civil investigation into gender-affirming care for minors," according to a statement from Michigan Medicine. "In light of that investigation, and given escalating external threats and risks, we will no longer provide gender-affirming hormonal therapies and puberty blocker medications for minors."

The move left parents of tran

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