Secretary Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services have unleashed sweeping regulatory reforms on Thursday, to end "sex-rejecting procedures" on minors. Those procedures include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and certain surgeries on patients under 18. The reforms will revoke federal funding from hospitals that choose to provide those services and make them a "condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs."
🚨 BREAKING: In a HUGE move, HHS Sec. RFK Jr. takes major action to BAN transgender s*x changes for children nationwide
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2025
PROTECT THE CHILDREN. This is common sense.
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The new rules will also be a condition of federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, requiring the same procedures for children under 19.
The move will ensure that no federal taxpayer money is used to fund these horrendous procedures.
“Under my leadership, and answering President Trump’s call to action, the federal government will do everything in its power to stop unsafe, irreversible practices that put our children at risk,” Secretary Kennedy said in a statement. “This Administration will protect America’s most vulnerable. Our children deserve better—and we are delivering on that promise.”
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz added that, "Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions performed on them that carry life-altering risks with no reliable evidence of benefit. This proposal clarifies that hospitals participating in our programs may not perform these unproven procedures on children. CMS will ensure that federal program standards reflect our responsibility to promote the health and safety of children.”
This follows the release of a peer-reviewed HHS report in November, which found that medical procedures to change a child’s biological sex carry significant long-term risks.
Update:
Stanley Goldfarb, MD, and Chairman at Do No Harm, a United States medical and policy advocacy group that opposes gender-affirming care for minors, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medicine and medical education, celebrated the move, saying:
President Trump and HHS are taking another critical step to protect children from harmful gender ideology. The proposed rule – banning hospitals from performing sex change interventions on minors as a condition for Medicare and Medicaid participation – is common sense, evidence-based, and morally imperative. Many so-called gender clinics have already begun to close as the truth about the risks and long-term harms about these drugs and surgeries on minors have been exposed. Now, hospitals that receive taxpayer funds from these federal programs must follow suit. Do No Harm will continue to be a source for sound science and expertise to support this rule-making process and ensure American taxpayer dollars do not fund sex-change operations on minors. This is just the beginning, but it marks a major step toward delivering a crippling blow to the child transgender industry.
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