{"id":2286049,"date":"2024-06-30T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-it-opposes-sex-change-surgeries-for-minors-but-evidence-paints-a-different-picture\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:34:05","slug":"biden-admin-says-it-opposes-sex-change-surgeries-for-minors-but-evidence-paints-a-different-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-it-opposes-sex-change-surgeries-for-minors-but-evidence-paints-a-different-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Opposes Sex-Change Surgeries for Minors, Despite Contrary Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-says-it-opposes-sex-change-surgeries-for-minors-but-evidence-paints-a-different-picture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2286049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration \u200dis attempting to counteract the perception \u200dthat\u200b it endorses sex-change surgeries for \u2063minors. Despite its public\u2062 stance, the administration has supported legal opposition against state-imposed bans on \u200bthese medical practices for \u200dminors and\u200b has collaborated with major entities like the World Professional Association of Transgender Health \u2064(WPATH) to \u200dfurther transgender medical initiatives. Critics, including Assistant Secretary at the \u200cDepartment of\u2062 Health and\u2062 Human Services Rachel\u200c Levine, have\u2062 faced backlash for \u2062pressuring WPATH\u200c to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-show-biden-admin-quietly-tried-to-remove-age-limits-for-trans-surgery-gave-infuriating-rationale\/\" title=\"Emails Show Biden Admin Quietly Tried to Remove Age Limits for Trans Surgery, Gave Infuriating Rationale\">eliminate age restrictions<\/a> \u2064for child sex-change \u2062procedures and hormone therapies. Additionally,\u2064 behind-the-scenes acknowledgments have\u200c surfaced \u2063from top WPATH doctors about\u200b the risks \u2063associated with these\u2064 surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Leaked court documents have revealed details \u200dabout the \u200cpolitical and financial\u200b influences\u200c that might \u200bbe shaping WPATH\u2019s \u200cclinical guidelines, specifically urging the \u200dabsence of fixed age limits which could provoke restrictive\u200c laws against\u2064 transgender healthcare. The \u2063Biden administration has also\u2062 been active in legal arenas, filing support for lawsuits challenging \u200bstate laws that restrict transgender youths&#8217; rights,\u200b particularly concerning healthcare and participation in sports\u200b according to their identified gender. Despite these efforts, the administration&#8217;s role\u200b in these sensitive and controversial issues remains \u200cunder scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>  &nbsp;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/%20\"><span>Rebeka Zeljko<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>  &nbsp;June 30, 2024 at 9:15am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is working overtime to dispel the notion that it supports sex-change surgeries for minors. Yet, it has repeatedly backed challenges to state bans targeting the procedures and worked closely with a leading organization to advance transgender medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The administration announced the reversal in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/health\/transgender-surgery-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> Wednesday after Assistant Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services Rachel Levine came under fire for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/06\/25\/unsealed-court-docs-show-top-gender-medical-org-twisting-science-politics-colluding-biden-admin-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pressuring<\/a> the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) &mdash; a leading authority in the field of gender medicine &mdash; to get rid of age restrictions for child sex-change procedures and hormone treatments. Further, it has supported challenges to red states, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/press-release\/file\/1581636\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/file\/1405411\/download\">Arkansas<\/a>, over laws banning sex-change procedures for minors, and rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/03\/08\/executive-order-on-guaranteeing-an-educational-environment-free-from-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-including-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">policies<\/a> aiming to embrace transgender ideology for kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE WPATH TAPES: Behind-The-Scenes Recordings Reveal What Top Gender Doctors Really Think About Sex Change Procedures<\/p>\n<p>From: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MegEBrock?\">@MegEBrock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kliseanderson?\">@kliseanderson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dsvdc22vZx\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dsvdc22vZx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Eli4kuw9B\">pic.twitter.com\/1Eli4kuw9B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1790362679439245499?\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found that behind the scenes, top doctors at WPATH acknowledged, and appeared to challenge the risks of irreversible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sophia-bush-not-allowing-kids-sex-changes-tantamount-to-murder\/\" title=\"Actress Sophia Bush: Not Allowing Kids Sex Changes \u2018Tantamount To Murder\u2019\">sex change procedures<\/a>, exclusively obtained footage <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/14\/wpath-tapes-gender-doctors-recordings-sex-changes\/#:~:text=But%20behind%20closed,Caller%20News%20Foundation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shows<\/a>. Further, the organization&rsquo;s top physicians acknowledged the devastating complications that could result from these medical interventions.<\/p>\n<p>Unsealed court documents revealed Levine&rsquo;s involvement with WPATH&rsquo;s guidelines and recommendations for transgender procedures for minors.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-board-to-vote-on-removing-bridget-ziegler-over-husbands-sex-scandal\/\" title=\"Florida school board to decide on Bridget Ziegler&#039;s removal due to spouse&#039;s sex scandal\">recently released court documents reveal<\/a> an unsealed <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d1d6ccd3-3d4b-4812-8421-c79db6aecf3d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>, written by Canadian sex researcher James Cantor, that concluded WPATH saw &ldquo;evidence-based&rdquo; medicine as a threat to its &ldquo;policy goals,&rdquo; therefore opening the door for its Standards of Care Version 8 (SoC 8) guidelines to be influenced by &ldquo;political pressure, litigation and legislative advocacy strategy, and the financial self-interest of WPATH members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>WPATH initially set the age restrictions for hormone therapy at 14, for mastectomies at 15, for facials surgery and breast augmentation at 16 and for castration and hysterectomies at 17, according to its 2021 draft guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Cantor&rsquo;s report further revealed internal WPATH communications showing Levine&rsquo;s push for it to develop its SoC 8 guidelines in order to align with the Biden administration&rsquo;s political goals. The report also shows a staff member suggesting the removal of &ldquo;specific listings of ages&rdquo; that could &ldquo;result in devastating legislation for trans care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have just spoken to Admiral Levine today, who&mdash;as always is extremely supportive of the SOC 8, but also very eager for its release&mdash;so to ensure integration in the US health policies of the Biden government,&rdquo; one WPATH member said in the emails. &ldquo;So, let&rsquo;s crack on with the job!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has repeatedly touted court cases&nbsp;that opposed banning transgender procedures for minors. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/31\/fact-sheet-white-house-honors-transgender-day-of-visibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> from March of 2023, the White House said it was &ldquo;intervening legally when states violate the rights of transgender youth and their families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed multiple statements of interest and amicus briefs supporting litigation against state laws that restrict the rights of transgender youth,&rdquo; the press release said. &ldquo;DOJ also filed statements of interest in support of litigation challenging laws in Arkansas and West Virginia that ban transgender children from accessing necessary health care and playing on sports teams, respectively, as unlawful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House Press Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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