The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has reached a settlement agreement with the Trump administration that will end its provision of gender transition services to minors. Under the terms of the deal, the medical organization will discontinue assistance to children seeking to transition to a different gender identity and will contribute $2 million toward helping individuals who wish to reverse previous transitions.
Federal officials had been examining potential fraudulent billing practices related to the clinic’s gender-transition care for minors. As part of the resolution, the medical facility has committed to permanently ending sex-change surgeries and the administration of puberty-blocking medications to young patients.
