According to a UPMC spokesperson, the hospital continues “to monitor and comply with directives coming from the federal government that affect the ability of our clinicians to provide specific types of care” and says they will continue to provide behavioral health and other support “within the bounds of the law.”

UPMC continues to offer gender-affirming care to adult patients, such as gender-affirming hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, and gender-affirming voice therapy.

“We empathize with the patients and families who are directly affected by these ongoing changes,” said the hospital spokesperson on Friday afternoon.

The decision comes as President Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth.

In January the president signed an executive order saying “It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

In March, a federal judge temporarily blocked the order after Democratic attorneys general of Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, and Colorado sued.

A second federal judge last month extended the block on Trump’s executive order after a lawsuit was filed by families with transgender or nonbinary children.

The Associated Press contributed to this report