Secretary Kennedy letter directs providers to abandon WPATH-based treatment protocols
- Date
- Actor
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Type
- Guidance/memo
Summary
Secretary Kennedy wrote to health care providers nationwide urging them to "promptly update treatment protocols and training" for pediatric gender dysphoria consistent with the May 1 HHS review — i.e., to drop WPATH/Endocrine Society standards in favor of psychotherapy-first approaches — without any rulemaking. CNN reported the letter told providers to adhere to a report whose authors were then still unnamed.
Status
In effect as exhortation; its substance was later given coercive force by the December 18, 2025 Kennedy Declaration (vacated April 2026) and the 2025-26 CMS rules.
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