Attorney General Phil Weiser statement on Colorado Supreme Court directing Children’s Hospital to resume gender-affirming care

May 18, 2026 (DENVER) — Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement regarding the opinion from the Colorado Supreme Court in Boe v. Children’s Hospital Colorado:

“With today’s Colorado Supreme Court decision, Colorado families are finally going to get relief after months of uncertainty over whether their children would get the lifesaving care they need. The reason we are here today is because of the unrelenting attacks and the singling out of transgender youth by the Trump administration. I was part of a coalition of state attorneys general that last month secured a federal court order blocking HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., from attempting to unlawfully exclude healthcare providers from Medicare and Medicaid programs simply for providing care for transgender youth.

“The Colorado Supreme Court decision and the Oregon federal court order should give Children’s Hospital Colorado the direction it needs to resume gender-affirming care, and I hope the hospital will not delay another day.”

Colorado is part of a coalition of states that sued over a so-called “declaration” issued by Secretary Kennedy that falsely claims certain forms of gender-affirming care are “unsafe and ineffective” and threatens doctors, hospitals, and clinics that provide this care from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. On April 18, a federal court in Oregon issued an order blocking the federal government’s threats.

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