HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just took action to stop ‘transgender’ surgeries and treatments for kids across the nation.
Today, he announced that he has signed a directive to pull federal funding for any hospitals that give so-called “gender-affirming” care to minors under the age of 18.
Watch RFK Jr.’s announcement here:
🚨 BREAKING: RFK Jr announced he’s signed a directive BANNING transgender surgeries for minors nationwide
“So-called gender-affirming care has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people. This is not medicine—it is MALPRACTICE”
“We're DONE… pic.twitter.com/IosfZ0qVMR
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 18, 2025
BREAKING: RFK Jr announced he’s signed a directive BANNING transgender surgeries for minors nationwide
“So-called gender-affirming care has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people. This is not medicine—it is MALPRACTICE”
“We’re DONE with junk science driven by ideological pursuits, not the wellbeing of children.”
FINALLY! 🔥
This is wonderful news for protecting children.
It also signifies a return to common sense.
No longer will the federal government fund the disgusting mutilation and irreversible damage of kids.
CNN has more details on RFK Jr.’s directive:
Trump administration health officials announced Thursday that the federal government will block transgender care to children by targeting hospitals and doctors that provide it.
New proposed rules would prohibit hospitals from participating in Medicare and Medicaid if they provide care such as puberty blockers and surgeries for transgender minors, and would prevent federal coverage of such treatments.
ADVERTISEMENT“These procedures fail to meet professionally recognized standards of care,” US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, calling many types of transgender care “malpractice.” “Medical professionals or entities providing sex-rejecting procedures to children are out of compliance with these standards of health care.”
Medical groups denounced the announcements, saying they intrude on physician-patient relationships and jeopardize care for everyone.
“Allowing the government to determine which patient groups deserve care sets a dangerous precedent, and children and families will bear the consequences,” said Dr. Susan Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
“Patients, their families, and their physicians – not politicians or government officials – should be the ones to make decisions together about what care is best for them. The government’s actions today make that task harder, if not impossible, for families of gender-diverse and transgender youth.”
Similarly, the House passed a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize giving any kind of ‘transgender’ treatment to kids by making it a felony.
However, it still has to pass the Senate, which will (ridiculously) be difficult to do.
Full scoop on that here:
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