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🚨 Biden-Harris Admin Officials Appear to be Advocating for the Removal of Age Minimums for Gender Transition Procedures
Subcommittee Chair Lisa McClain (@RepLisaMcClain
) is investigating allegations of interference by Biden-Harris Administration officials in recommendations for pediatric transgender surgeries.
The New York Times recently reported that HHS officials sought to influence the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) to drop its minimum standards of care age guidelines for pediatric transgender surgeries.
WPATH emails reveal direct meetings between Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, and WPATH’s leadership, indicating the Admiral was “very eager” for the release of the association’s Standards of Care, Version 8 and supportive of its integration within “health policies of the Biden government.”
According to additional WPATH emails, Admiral Levine and then-Chief of Staff Sarah Boateng asked WPATH if the “specific ages can be taken out” of SOC-8 and warned that “having specific ages in the document will make matters worse.
In a letter to HHS Secretary Becerra, Rep. McClain is requesting documents and information from HHS related to its interactions with WPATH to assist in its investigation of this matter.
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4:44 AM · Aug 27, 2024
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