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The Chloe Cole Act, which would prohibit health care professionals from the chemical and surgical mutilation of children through “transgender” medical interventions, was reintroduced in Congress yesterday.

The legislation states, “No health care professional, hospital, or clinic shall … participate in the chemical or surgical mutilation of a child” for the purpose of “halting the natural development of the individual’s body” or “changing the individual’s body to no longer correspond to the individual’s sex.”

Missouri Rep. Bob Onder announced the reintroduction in a press release, saying:

As a member of Congress, a physician, a parent, and a concerned American, I am committed to safeguarding the health and well-being of our nation’s children. That is why I am proud to reintroduce the Chloe Cole Act of 2026.

The bill specifically prohibits the use of puberty blockers to delay a child’s normal progression of puberty, and the use of sex hormones and surgeries to change “the individual’s external appearance or biological functions, to no longer correspond to the individual’s sex.”

It also gives those damaged by these procedures the right to bring a lawsuit “for damages against any health care professional, hospital, or clinic, who participates in the covered intervention on that child.”

The congressman explained the urgent need to pass this legislation:

The importance of this legislation is non-negotiable. This is a landmark bill that will permanently end one of the most dangerous and barbaric medical practices in modern history.

Chloe Cole, who has fought to protect children from chemical and surgical procedures that damaged her body, announced on X that Onder had invited her to attend President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union address tonight. She also thanked Onder for reintroducing the measure.

Headed to the State of the Union today!!

I’m incredible grateful to @RepBobOnder, who has introduced the Chloe Cole Act to protect ALL American children from mutilative gender treatments, for inviting me to tonight’s address. It’s an honor, truly! pic.twitter.com/hR0QcMR6Ny
— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChloeCole) February 24, 2026

Last September, Onder and Senator Marsha Blackburn first introduced the Act, also called The Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation. But beyond being assigned to committees, the bill has not moved forward in either chamber.

Cole explained the need to move the bill forward in the press release, saying:

While we’ve made significant strides in raising awareness and enacting protections in recent years, the fight is far from over. Too many children remain at risk of irreversible harm from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures pushed on them before they can fully understand the consequences.

Reintroducing this bill is a vital step in our mission to ensure that no minor in America ever endures the kind of lasting, irreparable damage I experienced. We must finish what we’ve started and safeguard the next generation from these experimental and barbaric treatments.

Transgender chemical and surgical procedures have life-long, damaging effects on children’s — and adults’ — minds and bodies.

When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) evaluated the evidence for how best to treat children and adolescents with “gender dysphoria,” the agency listed the harms from transgender medical procedures, saying:

The “gender-affirming” model of care includes irreversible endocrine and surgical interventions on minors with no physical pathology.

These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret, and there has been inadequate research into the frequency and severity of these harms.

Meanwhile, systematic reviews of the evidence have revealed deep uncertainty about the purported benefits of these interventions.

Onder stated that the Act came about because of Trump’s January 2025 executive order titled, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.”

The executive order directed the attorney general of the United States, in consultation with Congress, to “work to draft, propose, and promote legislation to enact a private right of action for children and the parents of children whose healthy body parts have been damaged by medical professionals practicing chemical and surgical mutilation, which should include a lengthy statute of limitations.”

We pray that Congress will follow Chloe Cole’s and Rep. Onder’s lead and act quickly to protect children from these detrimental and mutilating procedures.

To learn more about Chloe Cole’s story, you can watch the documentary Truth Rising.

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Chloe Cole, a brave young “detransitioner” from transgenderism, had a double dose of good news last week in her battle to keep other children from being harmed by “transgender” medical interventions.

First, on September 18, Senator Marsha Blackburn and Congressman Bob Onder introduced into Congress the Chloe Cole Act, also called The Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act.

The federal legislation would “ban the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and provide detransitioners whose healthy body parts have been damaged by these procedures with legal recourse.”

The next day, Cole received more good news, learning that her lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente could move forward. The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, ruled in her favor, allowing the case to go to trial.

Chloe Cole’s complaint against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Permanente Medical Group, and individual physicians, was filed in February 2023. It explains that she was 12 years old when “she wrote a letter to her parents telling them that she wanted to be referred to as ‘Ky’ or ‘Chi,’ and that she wanted to be treated as a boy.”

Her parents were unsure how to respond and sought the guidance of medical professionals. Cole was struggling with a variety of issues, including “anxiety, depression, social anxiety, shyness, limited friends, and feeling disgusted with her hips, chest, and thin arms.”

Rather than receiving counseling and moving toward healing for these issues, Cole was rapidly placed on the “‘conveyer belt’ of mimicry sex change,” as her suit explained.

She received puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13 and underwent a double mastectomy when she was 15.

Those interventions permanently damaged her body and brought no healing to her underlying mental, emotional and relational issues. According to her lawsuit:

As occurs in most gender dysphoria cases, Chloe’s dysphoria was not persistent and resolved when she was close to reaching adulthood. Consequently, she detransitioned and no longer identifies as a male.

Unfortunately, as a result of the so-called transgender “treatment” that Defendants performed on Chloe, she now has deep physical and emotional wounds, severe regrets, and distrust of the medical system. Chloe has suffered physically, socially, neurologically, and psychologically.

Rather than facing a public trial, Kaiser sought to bring the medical malpractice suit into private arbitration. But that option has been shut down.

Cole is represented by Limandri and Jonna, LLP, Dhillon Law Group, and the Center for American Liberty. Her legal team celebrated the victory with a post on X, saying, “See You In Court, Kaiser!”

🚨HUGE NEWS: Appellate Court Affirms Early Win for @ChoooCole — Case Headed to Trial pic.twitter.com/J7TL6wgeSN
— Center for American Liberty (@Liberty_Ctr) September 20, 2025

Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, said, “Today’s decision is tremendous news. Chloe will not be silenced. She will have her day in court, and the truth will come out.”

Chloe Cole’s fight to protect other children from the damage she experienced has borne more good fruit with the introduction of the eponymously named congressional measure.

She posted on X:

“I’m so humbled by @RepBobOnder’s decision to name this extremely important bill after me. This bill will prevent further gender mutilation in The United States and also allow we, detransitioners to achieve justice and hold our doctors, and institutions who failed us to account.”

In a press release, Representative Onder said, “As a member of Congress, a doctor, a parent, and an American, I am committed to protecting our nation’s children. That’s why I am proud to introduce the Chloe Cole Act, a landmark bill that will put a permanent stop to one of the most dangerous and barbaric medical procedures in modern history.”

The legislation was proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice and endorsed by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Bondi stated, “The Department of Justice has heard from far too many families who have been devastated by mutilative medical procedures that fly in the face of basic biology. While we continue our ongoing legal battle to protect children, we appreciate our colleagues in Congress who are working diligently alongside us to end these abusive procedures once and for all.”

Senator Blackburn explained the importance of the act. “No child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation under the guise of so-called ‘gender-affirming care.’ The Chloe Cole Act would put a stop to this barbaric abuse of children and give those who have suffered the consequences of these harmful procedures the chance to fight back.”

Transgender ideology is inherently harmful, with its false belief that anyone can change from one sex to the other. This has led to irreversible damage for thousands. Cole has courageously told her story about being damaged by transgender interventions, and she’s been a terrific spokeswoman, as she battles for truth against “gender” ideology.

It’s vital that doctors and hospitals be held accountable for previous actions to “transition” minors and that this federal legislation is passed by Congress to protect children from the devastating effects of puberty blocking drugs, opposite-sex hormones and surgeries.

Chloe Cole’s lawsuit is Brockman v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

Read The Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act here.

Related Articles and Resources

To learn more about Chloe Cole’s story, you can watch the new documentary Truth Rising.

Chloe Cole: Gender Reassignment Surgery Regret

Do Not Fall for the ‘Affirm Them or They Will Die’ Lie

Expert in ‘Transitioning’ Children Admits ‘We Were Wrong’ About Puberty Blockers

Important New Journal Article Calls Out Doctors for Harming Youth with Medicalized Gender Ideology

Four Brave Young Women File Lawsuits Alleging Harm from ‘Transgender’ Interventions

God’s Amazing Grace in a Transgendered Person’s Life

Pam Bondi Directs DOJ Attorneys to Investigate Transgender Procedures for Minors

President Trump Signs Order Protecting Children From Transgender Medical Interventions