U.S. Bans Medicaid Funding for Child Gender Transition
In the US, children will no longer be able to change their gender under government medical assistance programs. Donald Trump wrote about this on social media: Medicaid will no longer fund gender reassignment surgeries and hormone therapy for minors.
Consensus
- The U.S. federal Medicaid program will no longer cover gender transition procedures for minors.
- The policy change was announced by President Donald Trump via social media.
- The ban includes hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgical procedures related to gender transition for children.
- The rule is set to take effect on October 13.
- The policy applies only to federal Medicaid and CHIP programs.
- The change does not affect children already undergoing hormone therapy.
Points of divergence
- Less than 1% of transgender adolescents in the U.S. have undergone any gender-affirming surgery, according to a 2024 study published in JAMA Network. — kommersant
- Gender-affirming surgeries are more commonly sought by boys with hormonal imbalances during puberty. — kommersant
- Trump signed an executive order in 2025 recognizing only two immutable genders: male and female. — vesti
- Trump claimed Democrats want children to be able to 'cut off their reproductive organs before reaching voting age'. — vesti
- Dozens of U.S. hospitals have stopped providing 'gender-affirming care' over the past 18 months. — vesti
- The LGBTQ+ movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- In the US, children will no longer be able to change sex under federal medical assistance programs — Дождь (Telegram)
- Trump announced a ban on funding for gender transition operations for children — Ведомости
- In the US, changing gender for children will be banned under a federal healthcare program — Коммерсантъ
- Operations for gender reassignment for minors in the US will no longer be paid for under the federal Medicaid program — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Trump banned government funding for gender transition operations for children in the US — Вести