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Council issues a statement and introduces legislation to protect gender-affirming care.

Written by Amy Whipple

  • A unanimous Will of Council calls on Governor Shapiro to publicly affirm and ensure transpeople’s right to affordable, gender-affirming healthcare. They also urge him to protect healthcare providers and health networks from federal persecution or intimidation.
  • Gender-affirming healthcare is currently fully protected under Pennsylvania law.
  • Councilmember Warwick also introduced an ordinance to amend the Unlawful Public Accommodations Practices section of the City Code. The amendment would prohibit withholding or denying medical care because of a person’s gender identity or expression.
  • UPMC announced last week that it will be ending gender-affirming care for patients under 19.
  • So far in 2025, 195 healthcare-related anti-trans bills have been introduced across the country.
  • Two have been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature.
  • A federal executive order prohibiting gender-affirming care to minors is currently unenforceable because of an active lawsuit.

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Public Health
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Pittsburgh City Council
Public meetings:
City Council · June 24, 2025
Sources:
Will of Council 2025-1977 — WHEREAS, access to quality, evidence-based healthcare is a fundamental issue of bodily autonomy that affects all…Ordinance 2025-1975 — amending Title 6: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful…

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