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Trump Signs Executive Order to Ban Gender Transition Surgeries for Minors

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Ban Gender Transition Surgeries for Minors

President Donald Trump on Tuesday enacted an executive order to prohibit gender transition surgeries for minors, calling the procedures “barbaric.” The order was announced via a post on Truth Social, where Trump expressed his disapproval of what he termed “chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children.”

In his announcement, Trump stated, “It was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America.” He further directed federal agencies to terminate all funding related to these procedures.

The President criticized what he refers to as ‘gender-affirming care,’ claiming it has “ruined far too many precious lives.” He added, “My order directs agencies to use every available means to cut off federal financial participation in institutions which seek to provide these barbaric medical procedures that should have never been allowed to take place.”

In the text of the executive order, Trump argued that many children regret these surgeries, lamenting the permanent consequences they entail, including the inability to conceive or breastfeed future children. He highlighted concerns over the potential lifelong medical costs and complications that could ensue, including sterilization.

Trump emphasized, “Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.”

The policy underlines a stringent stance against funding, sponsoring, or promoting the transition of minors from one sex to another, committing to “rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

This executive order comes just two weeks into Trump’s second term, following a campaign where he strongly opposed transgender medical interventions for minors, pledging to end them in America.

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