When President Donald Trump entered office for his second term, among his top priorities was reversing the Biden-era trend toward young people undergoing gender reassignment procedures.
In addition to cracking down on biological males in female spaces and sports leagues, the Department of Justice is also taking action against so-called medical facilities that have been at the forefront of procedures critics compare to child mutilation.
One recent Trump administration win came in Texas, where a notorious children’s hospital reached a settlement that forces its staff to reverse its prior stance, as Fox News reported:
Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Houston agreed to stop administering puberty blockers to children, pay $10 million in penalties and open a “detransition clinic” after a sweeping probe from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of Texas.
ADVERTISEMENTThe resolution brings to a close a years-long investigation by Texas’ Healthcare Program Enforcement Division, which concluded that TCH fraudulently billed Texas Medicaid for “unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in a Friday statement.
“Under the terms of this landmark agreement, Texas Children’s will establish the first-ever multidisciplinary clinic designed to provide medical care to patients who were subjected to ‘gender-transition’ procedures,” Paxton wrote.
Social media users were quick to chime in on the news:
The world is healing.
America is healing.
Mental illness should not be celebrated. It should be dealt with compassion. Transitioning is butchery.
— TheCrustyJetMechanic🇺🇸 (@TheOrionSensei) May 16, 2026
The whole transgender thing sounds like a plan to sterilize youth to reduce population.
— DirkMathers (@dirk_mathers) May 16, 2026
We need hundreds more of these detransition clinics to open up.
— Yeti (@angryalbinoyeti) May 16, 2026
Here’s what Axios added:
State of play: Texas Children’s, the country’s largest pediatric hospital, is also required to stop providing gender-transition care for minors and fire and revoke the medical privileges of five doctors.
- The hospital must also fully fund detransition clinic services during its first five years.
What they’re saying: “Today is a monumental day in the fight to stop the radical transgender movement. This historic settlement reflects an institutional and fundamental cultural shift away from radical ‘gender’ ideology,” Paxton said in a statement Friday.
ADVERTISEMENTThe other side: Texas Children’s said in a statement Friday it “made the difficult decision” to settle to avoid prolonged litigation after spending three years responding to investigations by Paxton’s office and the U.S. Department of Justice.
And some additional commentary on the development:
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