Minnesota has long been a safe haven for transgender youth, but new moves by the Trump administration to ban gender-affirming care put that status in jeopardy.
One of the proposed rules would withhold all Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide any gender-affirming care to anyone under the age of 18, even if that care is paid for by private insurance or by families out of pocket.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/23/gender-affirming-care-ban-proposal-sparks-outrage
