Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times,
When Texas Children's Hospital's "detransition clinic" opens in Houston, it will become the first facility of its kind, giving patients who regret life-altering procedures a chance at restorative care.
Illustration by The Epoch Times, Zereshk/CC BY-SA 3.0The facility, which has yet to announce an opening date, is part of an agreement with state and federal authorities to halt "gender-affirming care" at children's hospitals while offering help to those who transitioned medically.
A 10-page settlement term sheet, recently obtained by The Epoch Times through an open records request to the Texas attorney general's office, showed that services at the clinic will focus on multidisciplinary care.
Services are to include endocrinology, surgery, fertility counseling, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and speech pathology, among others.
In May and June, the Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the attorneys general of Texas and Ohio, secured settlements with large hospitals over allegations of fraudulent insurance billing practices related to "gender-affirming care" for children.
The hospitals denied wrongdoing in their billing practices or standards of care.
These agreements require the hospitals not only to cease transitioning procedures, but also to offer discounted or free restorative medical care to detransitioners.
Attorneys representing detransitioners and their clients praised the efforts of
