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Now we're going to take a look at a major conflict erupting between local hospitals and transgender patients here in New York City.

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order titled Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation, which threatens to halt federal funding for health care facilities that provide gender-affirming care for transgender children.

This order is part of a larger subsect of executive actions recently and radically diminishing the rights of transgender people across the country.

In response, NYU Langone called, canceled rather, the appointments for two patients set to receive gender-affirming care from their providers.

And New York Presbyterian removed language from their website surrounding care for

transgender youth. These actions prompted protests from the local LGBTQ community, including

Cynthia Nixon, the actress turned politician who ran for governor back in 2018. Her son is transgender

received care at NYU's hospitals.

Hospitals and patients are now caught in a state of confusion,

as New York's Attorney General Letitia James warned health care providers in a letter on Monday that, quote,

electing to refuse services to a class of individuals

based on their protected status,

such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender

individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria

while offering such services to cisgender individuals is discrimination under New York law.

Joining us now to talk about her reporting on the unfolding situation is Caroline Lewis.

She's a health care reporter here at WNYC and Gothamist.

Good morning, Caroline.

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