Today, the Department of Health and Human Services hosted an event on “Protecting Children from Sex-Rejecting Procedures.” With the Executive Orders, Federal Trade Commission’s investigation, and HHS Report, this event marks a historic shift in our country’s progress towards ending sex-rejecting procedures in minors. Every speaker was clear, concise, and strong in their language to bring long-overdue changes to our nation’s healthcare systems that will protect our children from lifelong, irreversible harm. It is wonderful to see such resolve and conviction from our government’s leaders.
We strongly urge that you watch the recording, which can be viewed here. To read more about how HHS is acting to bar hospitals from performing sex-rejecting procedures on children, click here.
Notable quotes (credit to January Littlejohn’s X account) include the following:
“These interventions are neither safe, nor effective for children with gender dysphoria…This is not medicine, it is malpractice.” – RFK Jr.
“There was essentially a groupthink that prevented excellent scientists from speaking up when they should have…The power of science to enthrall minds is almost unmatched in our society.” – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
“First, if you’re a parent, don’t let a doctor tell you, essentially blackmail you into thinking you must accede to a transition for your child, because if you don’t, the child will kill themselves. There is no warrant for that. The scientific evidence does not support that. And I am proud to be a part of an administration that is putting an end to that practice.” – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
“As medical professionals, we have an ethical obligation to provide excellent care to our patients informed by the best evidence we have & as such, we should refuse interventions that pose risks of unnecessary harm because our first mission is to do no harm. For the safety of our children, medical professionals should refuse to provide puberty blockers, cross sex hormones & surgical interventions.” – Dr. Brian Christine
“Parents are told if they don’t agree to these disfiguring & permanently sterilizing procedures, they are putting their child at an increased risk of suicide, a baseless claim that has never been supported with good data. Pushing transgender ideology in children is predatory, it’s wrong, & it needs to stop.” – Dr. Marty Makary
“Any hospital that does offer sex-rejecting procedures to vulnerable populations of pediatric age kids will no longer be able to participate in the Medicare & Medicaid program. We want our hospitals returning to healing, not harming.” – Dr. Mehmet Oz
