"Catholic providers will continue to welcome those who seek medical care from us and identify as transgender. We will continue to treat these individuals with dignity and respect, which is consistent with Catholic social teaching and our moral obligation to serve everyone, particularly those who are marginalized."
"Catholic health care services must not perform interventions, whether surgical or chemical, that aim to transform the sexual characteristics of a human body into those of the opposite sex, or take part in the development of such procedures."
"Catholic teaching upholds the invaluable dignity of every human life, and for many trans people, gender-affirming care is what makes life liveable."
U.S. Catholic bishops approved revisions to ethical directives that prohibit performing surgical or chemical interventions intended to change a person’s sexual characteristics at Catholic health care facilities. The revisions incorporate Vatican guidance from 2024 and a 2023 doctrinal note that bars such procedures and involvement in their development. The Catholic Health Association welcomed the revision while stressing continued welcome and dignified treatment for transgender patients. Several major religious leaders and denominations issued a statement supporting the trans community and criticizing the ban. Trans advocates within parishes said gender-affirming care is essential to many people’s well-being.
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