The AAMC joined the American Academy of Pediatrics and more than a dozen other national and state medical and mental health organizations in two amicus briefs focused on ensuring that all adolescents, including those with gender dysphoria, receive the optimal medical and mental health care they need.
The AAMC joined a Feb. 13 brief urging a U.S. District Court in Maryland to maintain an injunction against a Jan. 28 executive order banning federally supported health care institutions from providing patients under 19 medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria [refer to Washington Highlights, Jan. 31]. The District Court entered a temporary restraining order against implementation of the ban as it relates to gender-affirming care for adolescents.
The AAMC also joined a Feb. 25 amicus brief urging a U.S. District Court in Seattle to issue a preliminary injunction against the executive order’s ban on federally supported health care institutions providing patients under 19 medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria.
As with previous briefs, this submission provides background on gender identity and gender dysphoria. It details the professionally accepted medical guidelines for treating adolescents with gender dysphoria, the scientifically rigorous process by which the guidelines were developed, and the evidence that gender-affirming care is effective and saves lives. Because the brief focuses primarily on adolescents, it does not discuss surgeries that are typically available to transgender adults.