Los Angeles clinics lose funds for medical help for transsexual people as Trump’s executive orders come into force

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Los Angeles Health Clinic says it loses federal funds as a result of the president’s executive orders Donald Trump headed for transsexual people.

St. John’s health, one of the largest and largest suppliers of reduced costs in Los Angeles, reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were canceled on Friday a $ 1.6 million subsidy that was supposed to support Their Program for Social and Health Services for Social and Health Services Services for Social and Health Services Services for Social and Health Services Services for Social and Health Services for Social and Health Services for Social and Health Services for Social and Health Services For social and health services for social and health services for social and health services for social and health services for social and health services, transsexual people.

St. Jones is the first health provider in California to publicly inform the effects on the service as a result of the actions of the Trump administration. According to a letter from CDC, the subsidy has been canceled to meet a An enforcement order that requires federal agencies to recognize only two genresS

“In St. John, we believe that everyone has the fundamental human right to receive medical help. You can disagree with gender ideology and the way people choose to live their lives, but this does not give you the right to deprive them of their access to medical care, “said Jim Maggie, president and CEO of St.

The subsidy, which began in 2022, was funded through the CDC HIV Prevention Program. This allowed St. John to manage an adult transgender program that includes sexually transmitted infections, and HIV, health education and social services involvement, including housing, treatment for drug abuse and food coupons, said Maggie, Maggie said S More than 500 people receive services through the subsidy annually.

Last week, along with thousands of clinics across the country, St. John survived a brief stopping of more than $ 18 million federal funds as a result of a separate executive order and an internal budget memorandum that tried Widespread freezing of federal aidS

Two separate judges They have blocked this order temporarilyBut these decisions do not apply to the executive order, which now prevents St. John’s access to their subsidies for transsexual patients, Maggie said.

St. John will not shorten the services and is ready to judge for the continuous detention of federal money, he added.

“We believe that these subsidies were appointed by Congress and protected by the Constitution. We will look for all the ways we have to maintain the financing of these programs, “Maggie said.

Several Trump’s executive orders have turned to transgender people over the last two weeks, including attempts to ban military service and prevent school recognition from recognizing pronouns or when a student makes the transition.

Last week Trump issued another Enforcement order which prohibits federal funding for transgender health services, including hormone therapy and surgical procedures. The order specifically mentions the federal subsidies for studies provided to hospitals and medical schools, as well as the financing of Medicare and Medicaid.

In this order and others, Trump describes the attention of the gender declaration such as “sterilization”, “mutilation”, characteristics that directly oppose clinical evidence supported by important medical organizations, including in Medical association., The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Obstetrician College -GynecologistsAll of which oppose the government’s intervention in medical ordering decisions.

According to press reports, hospitals from all over the country are already Stopping gender services, including important hospitals in New York, Denver and Washington, Colombia County, which Trump praised in a statement such as “its desired effect”.

Organizations from all over the country that provide social and health services to transgender people are concerned about their funding, said Jorge Reyes Salinas, Director of Communications in Equality California, the largest group for the protection of civil rights and LGBTQ in the country.

“These actions of the Trump administration could refuse the transition the right to the necessary medical assistance and put their home and their employment at risk, deepening the existence of economic and health differences and feeding more discrimination,” Salinas said in a statement Salinas said S

At least 24 California organizations have received federal funds in the last five years for health programs or transgender surveys, according to federal subsidies circulated by CDC and national health institutes.

The LGBTQ groups in California and the main democratic officials rushed to condemn last week and assured the residents of the state that the laws of California that protect the rights and services of transgender people remain in force.

“California families seeking attention to confirm their gender again, and the doctors and the staff who provide it are protected by state laws such as Inclusion Act Transsexual, Various and Intersex Paul (TGI)S The president’s order does not change this, “said General Prosecutor Rob Bont in a statement.

State legislation requires state -regulated insurers to cover the medical attention to confirm gender, including mental health services. It provides protection for doctors who treat transgender patients and include widespread protection against discrimination.

However, Trump’s orders have settled confusion among suppliers who doubt the violation of the law or the loss of vital money.

“Some medical suppliers are beginning to prevent meetings with transsexual young people because they are afraid to lose their license or funding,” says Danny Tsenya, director of the LGBTQ health and human services network in California. “I listen to it in the state of different partners.”

Cazene said that this type of cancellation is “incompatible with the California law” and that families should communicate with the Prosecutor General if they survive them.

This note is made with the support of the California Foundation for Health (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the right attention when they already need a price they can pay. Visit www.chcf.org For more information.

This article was originally published by CalmattersS