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A 17-year-old transgender boy from the Chicago suburbs was in the process of scheduling surgery at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital when the hospital paused gender care surgeries after an executive order from the White House, on Feb. 18, 2025.

217 Today: Transgender teens and their parents speak out after Lurie Children’s pauses surgeries

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