DOJ agreements pressure NYU Langone and UPMC to end youth gender care
Federal, New York, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced agreements with NYU Langone and UPMC that it says require the health systems to stop providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries as gender-affirming care to minors. DOJ says NYU will pay $8.5 million and UPMC $950,000 to resolve federal investigations.
The health systems did not admit wrongdoing. NYU says the agreement protects patient confidentiality and removes the threat that it would have to disclose information about patients under 18. UPMC likewise says the resolution includes privacy and non-prosecution protections. Local reporting says UPMC’s agreement carries a ten-year moratorium, though UPMC had already stopped providing this care to patients under 19.
These agreements show the federal government using investigations, financial pressure, and demands for sensitive patient information to push major hospitals away from medically necessary care for trans young people. The full agreement terms have not been released, so the exact reach beyond these health systems remains unclear.
Read the Justice Department announcement about the NYU Langone and UPMC agreements.