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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a ...
Seattle allows single occupant restrooms in city facilities and public places to be used by any person, regardless of sex or gender identity. [76] Since January 1, 2022 under the "Gender Affirming Treatment Act" in Washington State will legally cover sex reassignment surgery for insurance purposes under Medicaid. [77]
As part of the settlement, according to court records, the parties agreed that Seattle Children’s Hospital would withdraw its registration to transact business in Texas. But a hospital spokesperson said in a statement that they don't operate health care facilities or provide gender-affirming care in Texas.
“Gender-affirming care can be basically anything that affirms someone’s gender identity," Dr. Juanita Kay Hodax, co-director of the Gender Clinic at Seattle Children’s, told TODAY.
Two wellness centers housed within Seattle Public Schools provide gender affirming care. All centers follow legal state guidelines. Gender affirming care is one of many services students can receive through these health centers. [13]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas, according to court filings that ...
A major component of transgender health care is gender-affirming care, the medical aspect of gender transition. Questions implicated in transgender health care include gender variance, sex reassignment therapy, health risks (in relation to violence and mental health), and access to healthcare for trans people in different countries around the ...
Paxton had demanded medical records for gender-affirming care provided on or after Jan. 1, 2022, more than one year before Texas outlawed such treatments for minors with SB 14.