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NY Medical Center Ends Gender Treatments for Minors Amid Legal Pressure

2/20/2026

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Langone Medical Center in New York City will stop providing gender surgeries and hormone treatments for minors.
The change follows legal pressures and a court ruling against a doctor who performed such procedures.
Texas is suing Dr. Jason Jarin for defrauding state insurers and violating a law banning gender treatments for minors.
The lawsuit alleges a protocol was created to circumvent the law and continue hormone treatments.

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Story summary

Langone Medical Center in New York City will stop providing gender surgeries and hormone treatments for minors.
The change follows legal pressures and a court ruling against a doctor who performed such procedures.
Texas is suing Dr. Jason Jarin for defrauding state insurers and violating a law banning gender treatments for minors.
The lawsuit alleges a protocol was created to circumvent the law and continue hormone treatments.