The Women’s Law Project (WLP) and Philadelphia law firm Berger Montague filed a complaint Tuesday with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, claiming UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is discriminating against individuals based on sex and disability for unlawfully denying gender-affirming care to patients under 19-years of age.

The complaint , filed on behalf of affected minors, their parents, and two 18-year old patients, alleges that the hospital ceased providing gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, to transgender patients, while continuing to offer the same treatments to cisgender patients. The WLP argues gender affirming care for adults and children is legal in Pennsylvania and supported by 20 major medical associations in the United S

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