Under threat of losing federal funding, NYU Langone Health has discontinued its "Transgender Youth Health Program." That service no longer appears on the hospital website.
In a statement to The New York Post, a hospital spokesman blamed the “current regulatory environment." That comment is an indirect reference to President Donald Trump and his Jan. 28 executive order that halted any taxpayer money that goes toward sex-change operations on children.
The executive order criticized “chemical and surgical mutilation” of children, referring to the body-altering hormone treatments and major surgeries that, for example, remove a girl’s breasts.
Transgender activists refer to those controversial procedures as “gender-affirming care.”
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released what it called a "peer-reviewed report” that discredits “pediatric sex-rejecting procedures."
Dr. Kurt Micli, medical director at Do No Harm, applauded the announcement from NYU Langone Health.
"Providing such services for kids is really something that we shouldn't be doing because of the dangers of the procedures," he told AFN.
Dr. Miceli, who is board certified in both psychiatry and internal medicine, said he also appreciates the work of the Trump administration in recent months.
He also pointed to the recent malpractice legal victory for a detransitioner, Michelle Varian, who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16. Her $2 million jury verdict was followed by sudden public announcements from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association. Both organizations now recommend that "surgical interventions" be deferred to adulthood.
“There's certainly been a lot of movement in showing that these procedures are harmful, are dangerous, and need to end," said Miceli.
