President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer did not provide a comment on whether they support transgender surgeries on minors.
President Joe Biden says he opposes the notion of states banning "gender-affirming care" in a new interview.The White House
has emphasized the need to protect gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which it claims is"life-saving," but declined to comment on if this includes sex-reassignment surgeries. House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also did not respond to request for comment.
On Friday, Florida’s Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine approved a proposed ban on puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgery for transgender minors. States such as Alabama, Arkansas and Texas have attempted to ban hormone treatment and surgeries for transgender minors through legislative and executive action but have faced challenges in court.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FUNDS STUDIES ON DANGER OF TRANSGENDER HORMONAL TREATMENTS EVEN AS IT PUSHES THEM ON KIDSThe Department of Justice in March threatened legal action against these state bans, which they claimed violate Title IX’s protection against discrimination based on gender. Thelists top, bottom and face surgeries as gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The surgeries, it states, are"typically used in adulthood or case-by-case in adolescence.
"For transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents, early genderaffirming care is crucial to overall health and well-being as it allows the child or adolescent to focus on social transitions and can increase their confidence while navigating the healthcare system," HHS states in its
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