Hospitals Are Walking Away From Trans Kids. They Shouldn’t

Over the last year, through fear and intimidation, the Trump administration has succeeded in shrinking transgender adolescents’ access to gender-affirming care. One by one, programs that previously served as critical points of care for trans teens have disappeared.

The grown-ups in the room — hospital administrators, lawyers, some lawmakers — seem to have decided that standing up for this small group of kids is too risky. Their capitulation is a troubling harbinger of what’s to come for transgender Americans. The medical establishment should know better.