Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
Children's Hospital Colorado and Denver Health have suspended all medical gender-affirming care for patients under 18, including prescriptions for puberty blockers and hormone therapy, though neither performed surgeries on minors. This decision follows a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) referral for an investigation into Children's Hospital Colorado, which threatens the hospital's Medicare and Medicaid funding—critical for serving hundreds of thousands of children. The hospitals described the move as a response to escalating HHS actions under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who declared such procedures unsafe and ineffective, amid a broader Trump administration push to restrict transgender youth care nationwide. Background includes a July DOJ subpoena for records, which the hospital is fighting in court. While supportive services continue, the suspensions disrupt patient-provider relationships and access to these treatments, placing Colorado at the center of national legal battles over transgender minor care.
Finally, some sanity prevails in Colorado! Kudos to HHS under RFK Jr. and the Trump admin for cracking down on this barbaric child abuse disguised as "care." These hospitals were pushing experimental drugs like puberty blockers on confused kids, risking lifelong damage—sterility, bone loss, and regret—for ideology's sake. It's no surprise they're only stopping now because their federal cash cow is at risk; their statements whining about "disrupted care" show they still buy into the woke delusion that mutilating minors helps them "thrive." This is a massive win for protecting innocence, but we can't stop here—time to root out this harmful agenda from every corner of healthcare and education. Great reporting on the money trail and the "Dirty Dozen"—keep exposing these profiteers!