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First on FOX: The FBI has launched criminal investigations at three children’s hospitals after commitments from Attorney General Pam Bondy The Trump administration should enforce federal laws banning genital mutilation in women to protect children from surgery for irreversible sexual change.
The survey targets providers working at Boston Children’s HospitalColorado Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a source familiar with the investigation spoke to Fox News Digital on condition of anonymity. Sources say these hospitals have been one of the most important providers of American minor sex change procedures over the past few years.
A few days after becoming president Donald Trump We have issued an executive order ordered by all federal agencies to work to end the ability of children under the age of 18 to receive “irreversible medical interventions” as a treatment for gender discomfort. Part of that effort included the Attorney General, who will issue a memorandum of understanding in a few weeks, directing Department of Justice officials to enforce 18 USC §116.
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Attorney General Pam Bondy issued a memorandum in April directing Justice Department officials to enforce federal laws that would involve women’s genital mutilation against the law. (AP Photo/j. Scott Apple White)
“I have notified practitioners, hospitals and clinics. In the United States, performing and attempting to perform female genital mutilation (“FGM”) on someone under the age of 18 is a felony,” Bondi’s note states. “That crime has a maximum sentence of 10 years per count. I am directing all US lawyers to investigate all suspected cases of FGM under the so-called “gender-maintaining care” or other banner, and to prosecute all FGM attacks to the fullest possible extent possible. ”
Bondi also said in a note. Ministry of Justice Start a new coalition against child amputation. It partners with the state attorney general to build a case against hospitals and practitioners that violate federal or state laws that prohibit genital mutilation of women. The memo added that the Department of Justice’s Legislative Affairs Office has drafted a law that establishes the private right of conduct for children and parents with damaged healthy body parts by medical professionals through chemical and surgical amputation.
The FBI is launching a new investigation of three children’s hospitals for potential violations of federal women’s genital mutilation laws. (Getty Images)
As the Trump administration focuses on banning irreversible transgender treatment for minors, many hospitals have revised policies for those who can undergo gender transition treatment and surgery.
Earlier this month, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles It has been announced that it will be closed forever According to CBS News, the decision is the center of Transyouth Health and Development, which came into effect on July 22, 2025.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles did not respond to repeated requests for comments on Fox News Digital.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced this month that it will permanently close its Transyouth Health and Development center. (Robinbeck/AFP via Getty Images)
Colorado Children’s Hospital first halted medical care for transgender patients under the age of 19, responding to the president’s executive order directing hospitals to halt irreversible transgender treatment for minors. However, after the judge’s ruling blocked Trump’s order, the hospital announced it would resume offering adolescent blockers and hormone-based treatments to minors.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Children’s Hospital spokesman Colorado said it never “never” offered transgender surgeries to people under the age of 18, and two years ago the hospital stopped offering these surgeries to patients over the age of 18. Colorado News Line.
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According to publicly available information, Boston Children’s Hospital continues to operate its Multi-Gender Services Program. (Boston Glove via Lane Turner/Getty Images)
Boston Children’s Hospital continues to run the Multi-Gender Services (GEMS) program, according to public information. The hospital offers only gender-change surgery to patients over the age of 18, but its GEMS program offers transgender hormone therapy, Adolescent Blocker and social transition for patients under the age of 18. We also provide referrals for gender transplant surgery to minors.
In a statement from Fox News Digital, Boston children said they have not yet received notification from the FBI regarding alleged violations of federal law. The FBI said it would “refuse to confirm or comment on the investigation” as a policy issue.
