Trump's HHS casts doubt on evidence supporting gender-affirming care for youth 

The Trump administration questioned the evidence supporting gender-affirming health care for youth in a lengthy review published Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that could further upend the nation’s transgender care landscape. 

The roughly 400-page, unsigned review states there is a “lack of robust evidence” supporting interventions such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and the rare surgeries to treat gender dysphoria in minors. It advocates for a greater...