(The Center Square) - A recent ruling from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is forcing states, including Colorado, to prohibit the use of federal Medicaid funds and certain children’s health insurance programs for “sex-rejecting” procedures on minors. 

The ruling came on Aug. 13 from the department’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid services and requires state Medicaid plans “must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18.”

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