Federal crackdown forces Chicago children’s hospital to halt gender alteration drugs for minors Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the largest pediatric facility in the city, announced it will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to new minor patients following a federal investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The move comes amid a broader Trump administration crackdown on youth gender procedures, denounced as unsafe and ineffective. The HHS Office of Inspector General is investigating Lurie and five other major pediatric centers for allegedly violating federal guidance, labeling youth gender interventions as “sex-rejecting procedures” causing “permanent, terrible…

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