full text here: https://www.mass.gov/doc/information-for-ma-healthcare-providers-regarding-gender-affirming-care/download
OFFICE OF THE MA AG
Questions & Answers
Can patients still
access
gender-affirming
care in
Massachusetts?
Yes. Massachusetts law expressly protects access to
gender-affirming healthcare services.1
Neither the January 28
Executive Order nor the February 25 OCR Rescission changes state
law. Patients can still access gender-affirming care either in person
or via telehealth in Massachusetts.
What obligations do
healthcare providers
have with respect to
transgender patients
in light of the federal
actions?
Massachusetts law continues to bar discrimination against
transgender patients in healthcare. Under Massachusetts law,
patients are entitled to access supplies, care, and services of a
medical, behavioral health, mental health, surgical, psychiatric,
therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, rehabilitative or supportive
nature relating to the treatment of gender dysphoria. The denial
of that care is contrary to Massachusetts law and may run afoul of
Massachusetts anti-discrimination statutes.
Do the federal
actions make
gender-affirming
care illegal under the
female genital
mutilation statute?
Consistent with the statement issued by Attorney General Campbell,
there is no connection between “female genital mutilation” and
gender-affirming care, and no federal law makes gender-affirming
care unlawful. The Western District of Washington recently agreed
that there was “no credible threat of prosecution” under that statute
for providing gender-affirming care and noted that the federal
government itself confirmed “that the Executive Order does not
expand the criminalized conduct under that statute.” Washington et
al. v. Trump, 2:25-cv-00244, Dkt. No. 233 (Order Granting in Part and
Denying in Part Preliminary Injunction) at n.1.
Do the federal
actions strip federal
funding…
'It's a scary time to be 14 and trans'
Patients' families, however, are not staying quiet. After Baystate's decision, some of the parents filed civil rights complaints with the Massachusetts Attorney General. (The Attorney General's office did not respond to NPR's request for comment.)
everyone sees the statements from the attorney general in the first image. only trans people and their families experience the silence from the attorney general in the second image.
