Bagenstos: HHS sends chilling message on gender-affirming care

Opening investigations into gender-affirming care sends a message that this administration will "investigate or otherwise harass providers of gender-affirming care, even when that provision is legal in the states where they operate," said Sam Bagenstos, a general counsel at HHS during the Biden administration and a professor at the University of Michigan.

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Samuel R. Bagenstos

Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy

Samuel R. Bagenstos is Frank G. Millard Professor of Law and Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy at the University of Michigan. He served as General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Management and Budget in the Biden administration.