Skip to main content

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Pair Function
Alt S Search Box
Alt T Top of Page
Alt H Home Page
Alt Index Button
Alt Next Button
Alt Prev Button
A4TE Logo

A4TE's Trans Health Project

Working for Transgender Equal Rights
Menu
  • Trans Health Insurance Tutorial
    • Choosing a Plan
    • Understanding Your Plan
    • Applying for Coverage
    • Understanding a Denial
    • Appealing a Denial
  • About Us
    • About A4TE's Trans Health Project
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
    • Contact A4TE
    • Contact A4TE's Trans Health Project
  • Resources
    • Legal Analysis
    • Medical Necessity Literature Reviews
    • Reporting Medical Provider Discrimination
    • Training Materials for Advocates
    • Provider Medical Necessity Letter Checklists
    • Health Insurance Medical Policies
    • Medical Organization Statements
    • State Health Insurance Laws and Guidance
    • Medicaid Regulations and Guidance
    • Gender Centers
    • Finding Trans Health Care Providers
    • State Employee Health Plans
    • Financial Aid for Transgender Surgeries
    • Gender Affirming Surgery Appeal Template
  • Tutorial del Seguro de Salud Trans
    • Cómo elegir un plan
    • Cómo entender su plan
    • Cómo solicitar cobertura
    • Cómo entender una denegación
    • Cómo apelar una denegación
Previous Page
Prev
Home
Home
Up
Up
Next Page
Next
  •  Home
  • Resources
  • Medical Organization Statements
  • Current: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Statements

Prev Index All Statements [8 of 30] Next

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists


Download PDF

About the organization:

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is the nation's leading group of professionals providing health care for women.

Statements:

  • Committee Opinion No. 512: Health Care for Transgender Individuals, 118 Obstet Gynecol 1454 (2011).

    "Within the medical community, transgender individuals face significant barriers to health care. This includes the failure of most health insurance plans to cover the cost of mental health services, cross-sex hormone therapy, or gender affirmation surgery. This barrier exists despite evidence that such treatments are safe and effective and that cross-gender behavior and gender identity issues are not an issue of choice for the individual and cannot be reversed with psychiatric treatment."

    "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, therefore, urges public and private health insurance plans to cover the treatment of gender identity disorder."

    Date: 2011

  • Committee Opinion No. 685: Care for Transgender Adolescents

    American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee Opinion No. 685: Care for transgender adolescents, 129 Obstet Gynecol e11 (2017).

    Date: 2017

Back to top

Updated on Jun 15, 2020

Donate Now
Facebook Button Instagram Button
 Keyboard Shortcuts
 Privacy Policy
 A4TE Website

Copyright © 2024 Advocates For Trans Equality, Inc.  |  Tel: (202) 642-4542