Vanderbilt University Medical Center revealed that it would stop providing some forms of transgender operations to adults, although it will continue providing other forms of so-called gender-affirming care.
On Feb. 20, a representative for Vanderbilt Health informedWSMVthat the organization, which does not provide any form of the controversial procedures to minors due to state law, is pausing transgender plastic surgeries for those permitted under the law to have them.
“Due to operational limitations and lack of surgical coverage, Vanderbilt Health will cease providing gender-affirming plastic surgeries for adults,” the representative said.
“Vanderbilt Health continues to provide nonsurgical gender-affirming care for adults 19 years and older.”
The state of Tennessee had previously banned so-called gender affirming care for minors, including both hormones and surgeries.
The Supreme Court upheld the law last year, per a report from theTennessee Lookout.
CHANGE OF COURSE: Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center says they will no longer perform transgender surgeries, citing a lack of surgical coverage and operational limitations. But they will still offer non-surgical gender-affirming care to adults over the age of 19.…
— Local 3 News (@Local3News)February 24, 2026
Justices made a decisive 6-3 ruling in favor of the state, overturning a lower court ruling which concluded that the law violates the constitutional rights of minors obtaining the procedures.
WSMV reported that a new bill has been introduced in Tennessee that would ban TennCare, the state Medicaid program for Tennessee, from covering transgender procedures.
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