Category: gender-affirming therapy

Rep. Harshbarger on Gender Confusion and Surgeries for Minors: Key Issue for Midterms

Gender confusion generated among young children and the promotion of life-altering transition treatments are motivational factors going into the upcoming midterms, said Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), as the social issues have spread across the country, including the Bible belt, leading parents to take matters into their own hands. “When you see the words pediatrics, transgender…


Yes, ‘Gender-Affirming Surgery’ on Minors Is Mutilation—and Yes, It’s Child Abuse

Commentary If a surgeon uses her scalpel to cut into and permanently alter the reproductive organs of a young girl in the name of Third World religious and cultural traditions, we call it “female genital mutilation.” It’s now a felony under a stiff federal law passed with bipartisan support in 2020 and signed by Donald…


DeSantis Says He Would Ban Irreversible Sex Change Operations

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that he’d be willing to ban sex change operations in a podcast interview on May 2, following a Florida health department statement that gender reassigning treatments are not recommended for children and adolescents. “You can’t get a tattoo if you’re 12 years old. When they say ‘gender-affirming care,’ what they…


South Carolina Considers Legislation Prohibiting Transgender Medical Procedures on Minors

South Carolina joins at least 10 other states with lawmakers considering legislation that would prohibit doctors from performing medical and surgical gender transitional procedures on minors who identify as transgender. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell introduced on April 14 Senate Bill 1259, which would penalize physicians for performing the procedures. Because the bill is in its early…