On 18 May 2026 the Supreme Court of Colorado decided *In re Bella Boe et al. v. Children’s Hospital Colorado*, 2026 CO 32, Case No. 26SA66.
What the Court ordered. It made the order to show cause absolute, reversed the Denver District Court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, and remanded with directions to issue an injunction requiring Children’s Hospital Colorado to restore its offering of medically necessary medical sex-rejecting procedures — which the opinion defines, for this case, as puberty blockers and hormone therapy used to treat gender dysphoria — pending a decision on the merits.
A preliminary order. This is a preliminary injunction under Colorado’s *Rathke* test and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. The hospital had stopped offering blockers and hormones to patients under 18 after a December 2025 HHS declaration and related federal-funding risk. Justices Boatright and Samour dissented.
Official source
- Opinion PDF, 18 May 2026: coloradojudicial.gov — 26SA66.pdf