Cleveland Clinic Terminates Child Sex Change Procedures, Commits Funding For Detransition Care
The Cleveland Clinic has agreed to “provide detransition care and not perform sex-rejecting procedures on minors,” the Department of Justice announced on June 5. The Cleveland Clinic has entered into a decades-long…
The Cleveland Clinic has agreed to “provide detransition care and not perform sex-rejecting procedures on minors,” the Department of Justice announced on June 5.
The Cleveland Clinic has entered into a decades-long commitment “to not perform or offer sex-rejecting procedures” for minors, according to the DOJ’s press release. As part of the resolution, Cleveland Clinic committed to shell out $2 million for detransitioners’ restorative care “regardless of their insured status or ability to pay.”
“The Department of Justice is steadfastly committed to protecting America’s children,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement. “Just as the resolution with Texas Children’s, today’s resolution with Cleveland Clinic furthers that commitment and puts these providers on notice that this Department will vigorously enforce federal law where children are put at risk.”
“Furthermore, the term Sex-Rejecting Procedure does not include psychological or psychiatric treatments such as talk therapy, counseling, or other non-medical or surgical mental health interventions,” according to the settlement agreement.
When reached for comment, the DOJ referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to its news release from June 5.
“We are pleased to have worked collaboratively toward a resolution related to an unintentional coding issue involving a small number of patients,” a Cleveland Clinic spokesperson told the DCNF in a statement on Thursday. “We remain focused on providing exceptional care to our patients and communities. We have complied and will continue to comply with all federal and state laws.”