Earlier this year, transgender youth and their families in the San Diego, California area filed a putative class action lawsuit against Rady Children’s Health to prevent the hospital system from unlawfully cutting off medically necessary treatment for transgender adolescents and young adults. Impact Fund, Western Center on Law & Poverty, and the National Center for LGBTQ Rights represent the plaintiffs.

In January 2026, Rady announced it would no longer provide gender-affirming medications and procedures. Rady planned to end these services in less than three weeks but did not provide referrals to the nearly 2,000 patients whose care it was cutting off, leaving them scrambling to find essential medical care overnight.