纽约总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯表示，纽约大学朗格尼医学中心在上个月因特朗普政府的资金威胁终止其跨性别青少年健康项目后，违反了州反歧视法律。
作者： 兰登·米昂
来源： 福克斯新闻
发布时间： 2026年3月3日 美国东部时间晚上9:37
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纽约总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯正要求曼哈顿一家医院恢复为跨性别青少年提供性别转换治疗，此前该医院因特朗普政府的资金威胁于上月终止了此类治疗。
纽约大学朗格尼医学中心（NYU Langone）在2月25日的一封信中表示，其关闭跨性别青少年健康项目的决定“危及纽约州一些最弱势群体获得必要医疗保健的机会”，违反了该州的反歧视法律。这封信本周首次公开。
詹姆斯的办公室威胁称，如果医院不立即恢复为跨性别青少年提供激素疗法、青春期阻断剂和其他治疗，将采取“进一步行动”。
纽约大学朗格尼医学中心是该市最大的医院系统之一，上月曾表示将停止为19岁以下患者提供某些性别转换治疗。
“考虑到我们医疗主任的近期离职，再加上当前的监管环境，我们做出了暂停跨性别青少年健康项目的艰难决定，”纽约大学朗格尼医学中心发言人史蒂夫·赖特亚在当时的声明中表示，“我们仍致力于帮助接受我们治疗的患者适应这一变化。这不会影响我们的儿科心理健康护理项目，该项目将继续进行。”
在唐纳德·特朗普总统签署题为《保护儿童免受化学和外科 mutilation》（注：此处原文为“Mutilation”，直译为“ mutilation”，但根据上下文应理解为“残害”）的行政命令后，该医院去年停止接收新的跨性别青少年项目患者。该命令旨在限制对19岁以下人群的性别转换治疗。
美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）宣布提议削减对为跨性别年轻人提供此类治疗的医院的联邦医疗补助（Medicaid）和医疗保险（Medicare）资金。
莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯就联邦资金与跨性别政策挂钩起诉HHS
引用特朗普的行政命令，美国卫生与公众服务部随后宣布提议削减对为跨性别青少年提供此类治疗的医院的联邦医疗补助和医疗保险资金。
但总检察长办公室医疗保健局局长达萨娜·斯里尼瓦桑在2月25日签署的信件中表示，该提议并未正式改变联邦法律，也不影响“医疗机构根据纽约州法律现有的职责和义务”。
斯里尼瓦桑写道：“突然中断必要的跨性别医疗保健可能会导致严重的负面健康后果。因此，总检察长对贵机构决定停止为这一弱势群体（少数族裔群体）提供护理深表关切。”
该信件要求医院在3月11日前证明其合规情况，但目前尚不清楚如果医院未能恢复治疗，将采取何种措施。
美国其他几家医院在特朗普的行政命令和资金威胁后也已暂停了跨性别青少年治疗。
美联社对本报道亦有贡献。
New York AG orders Manhattan hospital to resume gender-transition treatment for transgender youth
New York Attorney General Letitia James says NYU Langone violated state anti-discrimination laws after ending its Transgender Youth Health Program
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Published March 3, 2026 9:37pm EST
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is instructing a Manhattan hospital to resume offering gender-transition treatment to transgender youth after it ended such treatments last month over funding threats from the Trump administration.
NYU Langone’s decision to close its Transgender Youth Health Program violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws by “jeopardizing access to medically necessary healthcare for some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers,” James wrote in a Feb. 25 letter first made public this week.
James’ office threatened “further action” if the hospital does not immediately resume offering hormone therapies, puberty blockers and other treatment to transgender youth.
NYU Langone, one of the city’s largest hospital systems, said last month it would stop providing certain gender-transition treatments for patients under the age of 19.
“Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program,” NYU Langone spokesman Steve Ritea said in a statement at the time. “We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue.”
The hospital ceased admitting new patients into its transgender youth program last year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” which aims to restrict gender-transition treatment for people under 19.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to cut federal Medicaid and Medicare funding to hospitals that provide these treatments to transgender young people.
Referencing Trump’s order, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services later announced a proposal to cut federal Medicaid and Medicare funding to hospitals that provide these treatments to transgender youth.
But the Feb. 25 letter signed by the attorney general’s health care bureau chief, Darsana Srinivasan, said the proposal did not officially change federal law and did not affect a “medical institution’s existing duties and obligations under New York law.”
“The sudden discontinuation of medically necessary transgender healthcare can have severe, negative health outcomes,” Srinivasan wrote. “Accordingly, the Attorney General is extremely concerned by your institution’s decision to cease the provision of care to this vulnerable, minority population.”
LETITIA JAMES SUES HHS OVER TYING FEDERAL FUNDS TO TRANSGENDER POLICY
NYU Langone said last month it would stop providing certain gender-transition treatments for patients under the age of 19.
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The letter gives the hospital until March 11 to show its compliance, although it is unclear what steps would be taken if it fails to resume the treatments.
Several other hospitals across the country have also halted transgender youth treatments following Trump’s executive order and funding threats.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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