_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
In a seismic move, the Trump administration announced a multi-department offensive aimed at banning hospitals from performing sex-change procedures on children under 18. More policy changes are underway as well.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed onto new guidance that treats puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex change surgeries for minors as medically unsound. And in Congress, Republicans are moving in lockstep by passing the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which would ban these interventions nationwide and impose criminal penalties on providers.
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