Multiple states are suing the Trump administration over plans to withhold healthcare program funding if they continue to provide minors with what the left refers to as ‘gender affirming care.’
It is way past time to stop letting the left frame the narrative around this issue. This is not healthcare, nor is it gender affirming, and providing it to minors is insane.
From NewsNation:
19 states challenge RFK over transgender care for minorsNineteen states and the District of Columbia have legally challenged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s move to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from health care providers who offer gender-affirming treatments to minors.The coalition of Democrat-leaning states filed a federal lawsuit this week in Eugene, Oregon, seeking to block a Dec. 18 “declaration” by Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services that rejects treatments such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries for young people who experience gender dysphoria.“This is not medicine, it is malpractice,” Kennedy said last week. “Sex-rejecting procedures rob children of their futures.”The regulatory actions HHS is pursuing would cut off federal health programs like Medicare and Medicaid to hospitals, clinics and doctors offering gender-affirming care to minors.“HHS is putting care at risk and forcing families to choose between their personal health care choices and their doctor’s ability to practice,” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said in a news release. “Healthcare decisions belong with families and their healthcare providers, not the government.”Many U.S. medical organizations support transgender care and services for young people, but about half of state governments have imposed restrictions or bans. The administration of Republican President Donald Trump has sought to roll back protections for transgender people, including in the military.
You’ll never guess who’s leading the lawsuit.
From MSNOW:
The lawsuit, led by state Attorneys General Letitia James of New York and Dan Rayfield of Oregon, where the suit was filed, comes after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month issued a series of directives aimed at obstructing transgender health care, specifically gender-affirming care for trans youth.The HHS announced it intends to withhold Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors, and to alter the Biden administration’s definition of gender dysphoria so that it is no longer considered a disability under federal law.“At the core of this so-called declaration are real people: young people who need care, parents trying to support their children, and doctors who are simply following the best medical evidence available,” James said in a statement announcing the esuit.
We do not allow children to get tattoos for a reason. How is permanent, life-altering surgery any different?
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