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# Cleveland Clinic Stops Gender Surgeries, Offers 'Detransition'
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/87335-cleveland-clinic-stops-gender-surgeries-offers-detransition/
- Published: 2026-06-11T07:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:08:52.000Z
- Description: The clinic will pay $2 million for detransition-related care and halt gender-transition procedures for minors under a DOJ settlement.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, Transgender Youth, Transgender Surgery, Transgenderism, Gender Ideology

**CLEVELAND, OH —** The Cleveland Clinic has [agreed to a settlement](https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cleveland-clinic-stops-gender-surgeries-offers-detransition-help-for-minors-in-doj-settlement/) with the U.S. Department of Justice that includes financial restitution for minors who later sought to reverse medical gender-transition interventions and a commitment to cease certain procedures on minors for the next two decades.

Under the agreement, announced by the Department of Justice, the Cleveland Clinic will provide $2 million intended to help cover medical expenses for individuals who received puberty blockers, surgeries, or other gender-transition-related treatments as minors and later pursued what is commonly known as "detransition." The settlement also stipulates that the healthcare system will not perform what the DOJ described as “sex-rejecting procedures” on minors for a period of 20 years.

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Federal officials characterized the agreement as a significant development in ongoing efforts to address pediatric gender-transition practices. Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate praised the resolution and said the department would continue investigating and pursuing similar cases involving medical providers and pharmaceutical companies. The settlement follows a separate agreement reached last month with Texas Children’s Hospital, which included financial penalties and plans to establish a clinic for detransition-related care.

The decision drew criticism from transgender advocacy groups. TransOhio issued a statement expressing concern that the agreement would further restrict access to gender-transition-related medical care for minors in the state. The organization argued that transgender youth would continue to seek support despite changes in healthcare policy and institutional practices.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/86256-chicago-hospital-pauses-genderreassignment-drugs-for-minors/) that a Chicago hospital paused gender-reassignment drugs for minors.