President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped in after a Texas nurse was fired from a children’s hospital for refusing to give life-altering gender treatments to minors.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a federal investigation into a major pediatric hospital over the firing of nurse Vanessa Sivadge.
Sivadge refused to administer puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children on religious grounds.
While HHS has not officially named the facility, the probe follows public allegations made by nurse Sivadge against Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH).
As reported by Fox News, TCH is the largest children’s hospital in the country.
Sivadge blew the whistle on the hospital’s practices and testified before Congress in 2024.
She said she was terminated after requesting a religious exemption.
The nurse spoke out about what she described as troubling practices involving gender-related treatments for minors.
Sivadge first made her concerns public in June 2024 and was placed on administrative leave shortly after.
Her employment was formally terminated in August 2024.
According to a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Sivadge asked to be transferred out of the program.
She requested to be transferred back to the hospital’s cardiology department in