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Hospital threatened with contempt after doctors refuse to resume court-ordered trans care

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On the first day of a contempt of court hearing, attorneys for Children’s Hospital Colorado and families of transgender kids outlined their conflicting opinions of what compliance looks like with a court order that directed the hospital to resume gender-affirming care for patients under 18. Children’s Hospital Colorado stopped offering gender-affirming care to minors in January due to threats from the Trump administration. Four families sued Children’s Hospital after it initially stopped offering care to their children. The families are referred to by pseudonyms in the lawsuit due to safety concerns. Attorneys for the hospital say it is in compliance with the order since it added gender-affirming care for minors back into its scope of services, despite medical providers’ refusal to prescribe such medications and patients’ inability to access them . The plaintiffs argue that’s not enough, and the hospital cannot blame providers who independently decided not to prescribe or renew gender-

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