{"id":85256,"date":"2026-08-08T06:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85256"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:59:59","slug":"texas-childrens-hospital-must-create-countrys-first-detransition-clinic-under-legal-settlement-with-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/texas-childrens-hospital-must-create-countrys-first-detransition-clinic-under-legal-settlement-with-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Children\u2019s Hospital Must Create Country\u2019s First \u201cDetransition Clinic\u201d Under Legal Settlement With State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The Texas Tribune:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texas attorney general has secured an unusual settlement over child transgender care that compels Texas Children\u2019s Hospital to create the nation\u2019s first ever \u201cdetransition clinic\u201d in addition to paying the state $10 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Attorney General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/directory.texastribune.org\/ken-paxton\/\">Ken Paxton<\/a>, the multidisciplinary clinic would offer medical care to patients \u201cwho were subjected to \u2018gender-transition\u2019 procedures.\u201d The care would be free to patients for the first five years of the clinic\u2019s operation. The move follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/05\/19\/ken-paxton-texas-childrens-hospital\/\">an investigation that began in 2023<\/a>\u00a0by the attorney general\u2019s office into Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston. That same year, Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/directory.texastribune.org\/greg-abbott\/\">Greg Abbott<\/a>\u00a0signed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&amp;Bill=SB14\">Senate Bill 14<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/06\/02\/texas-gender-affirming-care-ban\/\">bars<\/a>\u00a0transgender children from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Texas Tribune: The Texas attorney general has secured an unusual settlement over child transgender care that compels Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85257,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85256\/revisions\/85257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}