BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PRESSURED HEALTH GROUPS TO REMOVE AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR IRREVERSIBLE TRANSGENDER SURGERIES, PUBERTY BLOCKERS, AND HORMONE INJECTIONS:
Newly unsealed emails show that top officials within the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services sought to influence the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to eliminate age minimums for transgender surgeries and hormone injections from their guidelines for standards of care.
The original draft, released in late 2021, recommended age minimums of “14 for hormonal treatments, 15 for mastectomies, 16 for breast augmentation or facial surgeries, and 17 for genital surgeries or hysterectomies,” according to the New York Times. The Biden Administration pushed for the removal of these minimum age recommendations, advocating for young kids to have access to these damaging procedures. The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents 67,000 U.S. pediatricians, also said they would not endorse WPATH’s guidelines if they set age minimums.
In addition to the Biden Administration’s push for minors to have access to transgender treatments, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advocated for children to undergo these harmful and mutilating surgeries. AAP, which has partnered with WPATH on many issues, colluded with WPATH to find ways around child sex change bans. The AAP and WPATH continue to harm children by perpetuating the lie that these standards of “care” such as hormone injections and difficult-to-reverse surgeries aren’t doing significant harm to children.
Alleigh Marré, executive director of the American Parents Coalition (APC), issued the following statement:
“Here we go again…the Biden administration continues to use the power of HHS to lobby against the best interests of children. We saw this throughout COVID when they sided with teacher’s unions and closed schools, and now we are seeing the administration jeopardize our kids’ physical safety by pressuring the medical establishment to encourage irreversible medicalization and gender-mutilating surgeries, at any age, contrary to data showing the mental and physical dangers of such treatments.
While many European countries have begun reversing their guidance and restricting surgical and hormonal interventions for minors, the Biden administration has taken the opposite approach by prioritizing politics over the health, safety, and futures of American kids. The efforts by HHS to remove age limitations for these irreversible procedures are shameful and do a disservice to parents who look to these organizations for data-driven recommendations regarding children’s health.
At American Parents Coalition, we believe that parents should be in the driver’s seat when it comes to their kids. Not the government, not the medical establishment, not the schools, not the media. In order for parents to make informed decisions for their kids, we need our leaders to be transparent and honest, and put politics aside and do what is best for our children.”
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OTHER NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
SPEAKER JOHNSON TO HOLD DC PANEL ON PROTECTING WOMEN’S SPORTS:
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is set to lead a panel discussion on protecting women’s sports in celebration of the 52nd anniversary of Title IX. The event, featuring notable figures such as NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, and former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will focus on opposing the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX, which undermines fair competition in women’s sports by allowing biological men to compete. The panel aims to address the preservation of safe and equitable opportunities for female athletes. Read more.
OREGON HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD COACH FIRED AFTER PROPOSING ‘SEPARATE CATEGORY’ FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES:
John Parks, a former track and field coach at Lake Oswego High School, was fired after suggesting an “open division” for transgender athletes to participate. He proposed this change after witnessing a transgender athlete being booed at a state championship. Parks argued that current policies undermine girls’ athletics and called for a separate category to ensure fair competition. The school district terminated him, and he plans to appeal the decision. Parks continues to receive support from parents and students. Read more.
GIRLS LEFT IN DUST AS MALE-BORN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TAKE STATE TRACK TITLES IN FIVE STATES:
This year, biological males have dominated girls’ track-and-field state championships in states like Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Oregon, and Washington. Allowing male athletes to compete against girls undermines the integrity of female sports. All-American swimmer Marshi Smith and other advocates highlight the need for stronger policies to protect the rights of female athletes and ensure a level playing field. Read more.
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