At least six major hospitals have agreed to stop giving gender-affirming hormones and surgery to transgender minors.

They also agreed to pay the federal government, according to deals with the Department of Justice.

The most recent agreements were announced last week.

Most of the hospitals had already stopped offering these treatments.

This was because of state bans or earlier pressure from President Donald Trump's administration.

The DOJ agreements end investigations into care the hospitals gave in the past.

They also remove the threat that hospitals would have to hand over patient records.

The Justice Department says some providers also agreed to help pay medical costs for children to "detransition."

The hospitals did not admit to any wrongdoing.

Eliel Cruz is a cofounder of the Gender Liberation Movement.

Cruz said it is a dangerous precedent for the federal government to politicize one group's care and end it.

Last week, the Justice Department announced settlements with NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers.

Both agreed not to provide puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery to patients under 19.

NYU agreed to pay $8.5 million, and UPMC agreed to pay $950,000.

These followed similar deals since May with Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children's Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System and Texas Children's Hospital.

The hospitals said the deals will not change how their pediatric mental healthcare programs treat transgender children.

The Trump administration published a review last year urging therapy only, not broader gender-affirming care, for youth.

But major medical groups support keeping treatment available.

These include the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The care is still offered at many hospitals, clinics and by individual physicians.

At least 27 states have laws restricting or barring the care for minors.

More than two dozen hospitals and clinics in states without bans have also stopped offering it since last year.