HHS Will Block Hospitals From Performing Sex-Rejecting, Mutilating Procedures on Children
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it will block hospitals from performing sex-rejecting, mutilating procedures on children.
A press release from the department stated that procedures to be barred “include pharmaceutical or surgical interventions of specified types that attempt to align a child’s physical appearance or body with an asserted identity different from their sex.”
The department is working to fulfill President Trump’s Executive Order, signed on January 28, 2025, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.
In a press conference, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said he has now taken action to follow that order, directing health care providers to follow science – not transgender dogma:
.@SecKennedy: "This morning, I signed a declaration: Sex-rejecting procedures are neither safe nor effective treatment for children with gender dysphoria… This declaration is a clear directive to providers to follow the science and the overwhelming body of evidence that these… https://t.co/B5rIe6ajcl pic.twitter.com/OKZKdUbE1N
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025
Secretary Kennedy used strong language to condemn hospitals, health care professionals, and medical organization that irreversibly damaged children. He called these procedures “junk science” and “malpractice,” stating:
The Secretary explained that medical organizations like the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics “peddled the lie that chemical and surgical sex-rejecting procedures could be good for children who suffer from gender dysphoria” – betraying more than 300,000 young people who were “conditioned to believe that sex can be changed.”
🚨 BREAKING: @SecKennedy announces "six decisive actions" to protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025
"So-called 'gender affirming care' has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people… we’re done with junk science, driven by… pic.twitter.com/q4iWbmSNEj
HHS’ press release detailed steps it would take to protect children:
The department was also “moving to reverse the Biden administration’s attempt to include gender dysphoria within the definition of a disability”; proposing new rules “to prohibit federal Medicaid funding for sex-rejecting procedures on children under age 18”; and “issuing warning letters to 12 manufacturers and retailers for illegal marketing of breast binders to children for the purposes of treating gender dysphoria.”
Pro-child activists were quick to applaud the HHS’ actions. Erin Lee, who is spearheading a ballot effort in Colorado to protect children from these horrific procedures, said, “The White House and HHS have taken HUGE steps to crack down on irreversible sex-rejecting procedures for children … “
At the same time, she noted that many states, with leaders in thrall to deceptive transgender ideology, would fight the Trump administration’s actions, adding, “That’s why we MUST *ban* this child butchery in the blue states.”
The @WhiteHouse and @HHSGov have taken HUGE steps to crack down on irreversible sex-rejecting procedures for children…
— Erin for Parental Rights (@Erin4Parents) December 18, 2025
But as this @FoxNews reporter points out: the blue states aren’t going to roll over. They will keep mutilating children by any means necessary — they’re in… pic.twitter.com/na5tJwTwUe
Chloe Cole, who’s body was damaged by transgender medical interventions and has fought to protect sexually confused children, praised HHS’ newly proposed rules, saying the day was “incredible” and “uplifting.”
Her moving and eloquent words at the press conference show why it’s so good and vitally important that our government is taking steps to safeguard children:
NEW: Chloe Cole, who detransitioned when she was a teenager, praises the Trump administration’s efforts to protect children:
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 18, 2025
“Every boy and every girl deserves to be loved the way that they were beautifully created in their mother’s womb.” pic.twitter.com/CXiB1iCBti
Related articles and resources:
Daily Citizen:
DOJ Targets Those Mutilating Children with ‘Transgender’ Drugs and Surgeries
Florida Sues Medical Groups for Promoting ‘Transgender’ Mutilation of Children
HHS Releases Report on Harms of ‘Transgender’ Medical Interventions for Minors
President Trump Signs Order Protecting Children From Transgender Medical Interventions
Sign These Three Ballot Petitions to Protect Kids and Parental Rights in Colorado
Transgenderism and Minors: What Does the Research Really Show?
The WPATH Files – Transgender Interventions Are ‘Unethical Medical Experiments’
Focus on the Family:
Chloe Cole: Gender Reassignment Surgery Regret
Counseling Consultation & Referrals
God’s Amazing Grace in a Transgendered Person’s Life
Understanding “Transgenderism”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Johnston is a culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family and a staff writer for the Daily Citizen. He researches, writes and teaches about topics of concern to families such as parental rights, religious freedom, LGBT issues, education and free speech. Johnston has been interviewed by CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, Associated Press News, The Christian Post, Rolling Stone and Vice, and is a frequent guest on radio and television outlets. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from San Diego State University with a Bachelors in English and a Teaching Credential. He and his wife have been married 30 years and have three grown sons.
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