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Gender Affirming Care

SCOTUS Hears Cases on Trans Inclusion in Sports

Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in cases where transgender youth are once again forced to challenge laws that isolate and dehumanize them. These bans are inherently violent and threaten the freedoms of us all.

January, 2026
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Trump Admin Proposes Gender-Affirming Care Bans

Today the Trump Administration released two proposed rules intentionally designed to make gender affirming care for young people impossible to access. Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Heal...

December, 2025
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50+ Reproductive Rights-Aligned Orgs Call Out Anti-Abortion Tactics in Recent Anti-Trans Bills

PRH and more than 50 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations are calling out two anti-transgender health care bills that mirror long-standing attacks on abortion access and bodily autonomy.

December, 2025
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HHS Releases Anti-Trans “Report”

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a new “report” reviewed by known anti-trans individuals. Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health and ob/gyn in Washington DC responds.

November, 2025
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President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt Honored with the Society of Family Planning’s Beacon of Science Award

PRH President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt is honored with the Society of Family Planning’s Beacon of Science Award for her visionary leadership. In her remarks, Dr. Perritt emphasizes the impact of fighting for equity in science and reflects on the powe...

November, 2025
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Decriminalizing Medicine: Ending Punitive Practices in Health Care

In this article, PRH fellow Dr. Meera and PRH community members Megan and MaryBeth examine how punitive health care practices deepen harm and argue that abolitionist, harm-reduction care creates a future grounded in dignity and liberation.

November, 2025
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Senate Passes Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Servicemembers

Today the United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act including bans on funding for gender-affirming care. Dr. Meera Shah, family medicine physician from New York and Board Member with Physicians for Reproductive Health respond...

October, 2025
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Harmful Conversion Therapy

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that will determine whether or not states are allowed to protect young people from the harmful practices of conversion therapy.

October, 2025
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Trump Administration to Stop Covering Gender Affirming Care for Federal Workers

On Friday August 15, 2025, the Trump Administration announced it will no longer cover gender affirming care for federal employees and their families starting in 2026. PRH President & CEO and ob/gyn in Washington DC, Dr. Jamila Perritt responds...

August, 2025
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SCOTUS Harms Trans Youth

This morning the Supreme Court of the United States issued their decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti and determined that a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for people under 18 does not violate the Equal Protection Clause. While this does not affect ac...

June, 2025
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