The U.S. Department of Justice made a deal with at least six large hospitals.
美国司法部与至少六家大型医院达成了协议。
These hospitals agreed to refuse gender-affirming hormones and surgery for transgender young people.
这些医院同意拒绝为跨性别年轻人提供性别肯定激素和手术。
They also agreed to pay money to the federal government.
它们还同意向联邦政府支付款项。
The deal was reached last week.
协议于上周达成。
Most hospitals had already stopped offering these treatments.
大多数医院此前已停止提供这些治疗。
This was because of state bans or pressure from the Trump administration.
原因是州禁令或特朗普政府的压力。
The hospitals did not admit to any wrongdoing.
医院没有承认有任何不当行为。
The Justice Department announced last week that it reached settlements with two hospitals.
司法部上周宣布与两家医院达成和解。
They are NYU Langone Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
它们是纽约大学朗格尼医院和匹兹堡大学医学中心。
These two hospitals agreed not to give puberty blockers, hormones, or gender-affirming surgery to patients under 19.
这两家医院同意不为19岁以下患者提供青春期阻滞剂、激素或性别肯定手术。
NYU agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars.
纽约大学同意支付850万美元。
UPMC agreed to pay 950,000 dollars.
UPMC同意支付95万美元。
Since May, four more hospitals have reached similar settlements.
自5月以来,还有四家医院达成了类似和解。
They are the Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children's Hospital, the Mount Sinai Health System, and Texas Children's Hospital.
它们是克利夫兰诊所、康涅狄格儿童医院、西奈山医疗系统和德克萨斯儿童医院。
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is fighting to protect children.
司法部长托德·布兰奇表示,司法部正在为保护儿童而战。
The agreements ended investigations into past care.
协议终止了对先前护理的调查。
The agreements also stop hospitals from being forced to hand over patient records.
协议也阻止医院被迫交出患者记录。
The Justice Department said some providers also agreed to help pay for children's "detransition" medical costs.
司法部称,一些提供者还同意帮助支付儿童“去性别转换”的医疗费用。
Mount Sinai is the only one of the six institutions that had not announced a decision before.
西奈山是六家机构中唯一此前未宣布决定的。
Eliel Cruz is a co-founder of the Gender Liberation Movement. He criticized these agreements.
性别解放运动联合创始人埃利尔·克鲁兹批评这些协议。
He said the agreements set a dangerous example for the future.
他说,这些协议开创了危险先例。
He said some families moved to other states or left the country to get care.
他说,一些家庭搬到其他州或离开美国以寻求治疗。
This care is still available at some hospitals and clinics. Some individual doctors also provide it.
该护理仍可通过部分医院、诊所和个别医生获得。
At least 27 states have passed laws that limit or ban gender-affirming care for minors.
至少有27个州制定了法律,限制或禁止未成年人性别肯定护理。