Gender Affirming Care Updates: Skrmetti, Federal Actions, State Developments, and Provider Responses

Gender Affirming Care Updates: Skrmetti, Federal Actions, State Developments, and Provider Responses

Author: American Health Law Association September 12, 2025 Duration: 34:59
Adam Laughton, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, speaks with Jennifer Nelson Carney, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, about the current landscape of gender affirming care. They discuss the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Skrmetti; the executive orders, memos, agency activity, and proposed legislation at the federal level; how states are reacting to these federal actions and enacting their own legislation; and how providers are responding. From AHLA’s Physician Organizations Prac...

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