In New York, NYU Langone Health has announced that it will close its trans youth health program, forcing transgender teens who are currently receiving gender-affirming care at the hospital system to seek treatment elsewhere. This comes as the Trump administration has threatened to cut federal funding from hospitals that provide hormone treatments or puberty blockers to minors. New York State Senator Erik Bottcher said: “Health care decisions should be made by doctors, patients and families, not by politicians weaponizing funding to push an extreme ideological agenda.” According to STAT News, more than 40 hospitals nationwide have paused or ceased to offer some type of gender-affirming care to trans youth since President Trump returned to office.