LOS ANGELES — Equality California released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles pausing certain healthcare for transgender patients under 19 following Executive Orders issued by Donald Trump:
“It is alarming that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has paused providing healthcare to incoming transgender patients due to Trump’s executive order. Decisions about medical care for young people should be made between doctors and families—not by politicians like Donald Trump. Every American, including transgender youth, has the right to access healthcare free from discrimination, and California law protects the families seeking this care and the medical professionals who provide it. Denying or delaying care has dangerous consequences for transgender young people and their families — and we strongly believe hospitals and providers in California must continue to fulfill their ethical and legal duty to care for their patients. Every major medical association agrees that transgender healthcare is essential and that transgender youth and their families should be able to access medical care and make their own medical decisions with doctors — not the government. We are heartened to see the families of transgender youth, along with our partners—including the ACLU, Lambda Legal, PFLAG, and GLMA— filing a lawsuit in the federal District Court of the District of Maryland to challenge this discriminatory and unconstitutional executive order. We are hopeful the executive order will be halted and overturned, restoring essential healthcare rights to transgender youth nationwide.”
“It is alarming that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has paused providing healthcare to incoming transgender patients due to Trump’s executive order. Decisions about medical care for young people should be made between doctors and families—not by politicians like Donald Trump. Every American, including transgender youth, has the right to access healthcare free from discrimination, and California law protects the families seeking this care and the medical professionals who provide it.
Denying or delaying care has dangerous consequences for transgender young people and their families — and we strongly believe hospitals and providers in California must continue to fulfill their ethical and legal duty to care for their patients. Every major medical association agrees that transgender healthcare is essential and that transgender youth and their families should be able to access medical care and make their own medical decisions with doctors — not the government.
We are heartened to see the families of transgender youth, along with our partners—including the ACLU, Lambda Legal, PFLAG, and GLMA— filing a lawsuit in the federal District Court of the District of Maryland to challenge this discriminatory and unconstitutional executive order. We are hopeful the executive order will be halted and overturned, restoring essential healthcare rights to transgender youth nationwide.”
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Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. We bring the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve. www.eqca.org
