MORNING NEWSBREAK | The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) will stop providing gender transition surgeries and hormones for adults due to a new law signed in May, according to a Wednesday report by the S.C. Daily Gazette.
While the law focuses on banning gender transition procedures for anyone under the age of 18 in South Carolina, one line bars the use of public funds “directly or indirectly for gender transition procedures” in general.
“MUSC Health funds are public funds. We are prohibited from providing gender transition services to all patients,” Dr. Patrick Cawley, MUSC’s chief executive officer, said in the report.
The hospital will stop accepting new patients for the treatments Aug. 1, and phase existing patients out of the system by Jan. 31, 2025, according to the report. MUSC reportedly did not answer the outlet’s questions on what services would be stopping or how it would notify existing patients.
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