Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement on the new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidance calling on health care providers to stop performing dangerous gender transition procedures on children.
HHS also instructed providers to not follow the treatment guidelines of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which continues to promote puberty blockers and gender transition surgeries for children against scientific data.
“As a doctor, I am extremely concerned that medical organizations continue to push irreversible gender transition procedures for children against scientific data. I applaud President Trump’s strong leadership in telling providers directly that these dangerous practices must end,” said Dr. Cassidy. “As chair of the HELP Committee, I will continue to work with President Trump to protect America’s children from irreversible harm.”
As chair of the HELP Committee, Cassidy has been leading Senate Republicans in protecting children from irreversible gender transition procedures. Last month, Cassidy called on WPATH to comply with President Trump’s executive order ensuring children are not subjected to chemical and surgical mutilation. He also launched an investigation last fall into WPATH and other medical organizations for promoting gender transition procedures for children without reliable scientific data.
