“So-called ‘gender-affirming care’ has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people,” said Robert F. Kennedy.
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There’s a crackdown upon dangerous transgender procedures for minors.
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is taking steps to defend children against what he described as “sex-rejecting” transgender procedures for minors.
“So-called ‘gender-affirming care’ has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people,” Kennedy said during a roughly hour-long press conference, according to The Christian Post. “This is not medicine; it is malpractice.”
The proposed HHS rules, which are subject to a 60-day comment period, would prohibit hospitals from receiving Medicare and Medicaid if they perform transgender procedures on children. The Health organization is citing risks of irreparable harm such as infertility, impaired sexual function, bone density loss and altered brain development.
“Sex-rejecting procedures are neither safe nor effective treatment for children with gender dysphoria,” he said.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, who serves as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, condemned transgender ideology as a “dishonest narrative” that “treats children like lab mice.” During his remarks, he appealed to a quote from Humphrey that adorns the entrance of the HHS building.
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn of life, the children; those in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped,” reads the quote from Humphrey, which Oz suggested continues to govern HHS under its present leadership.
“You know what you get when you mix politics and medicine?” he asked. “Politics; there’s no medicine left. We witness that with bizarre statements, predatory actions and many other activities that I think have forced children to the tip of the spear, where they have to [bear the brunt] of this toxic combination.”
Children who are confused about their sexuality are particularly susceptible to “fast-track” pharmacological and surgical interventions, Oz said. He blamed medical professionals and the mainstream media for pushing a devastating narrative.
“We’ve been told that permanently altering the bodies of children — and the children are told this, as well — will bring them lasting peace,” he said. “But few have achieved the inner peace promised by the charlatans and the talking heads — the media, personalities, the social media posts — all these have created a dishonest narrative.”
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