Oakland Council Urges Hospitals to Keep Gender-Affirming Care
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Oakland City Council unanimously backs gender-affirming healthcare, urging local hospitals to continue providing it despite Trump administration pressures. The resolution condemns any providers or insurers that delay or stop this state-protected care, with no penalties. Gender-affirming care includes hormone therapy, surgeries, counseling, and puberty blockers. President Trumps executive order cuts federal funding for such care for anyone under nineteen, and proposed federal rules could block reimbursements to hospitals offering these services to youth. California Attorney General Rob Bonta asserts this care is protected by the state constitution, and the state has joined lawsuits against federal moves. Local hospitals like Sutter, Kaiser Permanente, and UC San Francisco serve Oakland, but Sutter paused services temporarily, and Kaiser stopped surgeries for those eighteen and under last summer due to federal signals. Council members like Zac Unger, Rowena Brown, and Charlene Wang pushed the resolution, emphasizing that this care saves lives by cutting depression and suicide risks for transgender people. Families are rallying too, and the council pledged full support for Oaklands trans and gender-nonconforming residents amid the fight.
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