{"id":2396285,"date":"2025-01-28T18:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-to-curtail-trans-procedures-for-minors-with-new-executive-order-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:58:32","slug":"trump-seeks-to-curtail-trans-procedures-for-minors-with-new-executive-order-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-to-curtail-trans-procedures-for-minors-with-new-executive-order-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks to curtail trans procedures for minors with new executive order &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-seeks-to-curtail-trans-procedures-for-minors-with-new-executive-order-washington-examiner%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=2396285&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>On Tuesday, President Donald Trump \u200csigned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-covid-19-flip-flops-a-timeline\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s COVID-19 Flip-Flops: A Timeline\">executive order titled<\/a> \u2064&#8221;Protecting children from\u200b Chemical \u200dand Surgical \u2063Mutilation&#8221; aimed at restricting \u200bgender transition procedures for individuals under 19. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican-Led States Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate Order Targeting Trump Legacy\">order directs federal agencies<\/a> to \u2064defund any medical interventions associated with gender transition, which Trump\u200d described as \u200b&#8221;irreversible\u2062 and destructive.&#8221; Specifically, it prohibits funding \u200bfor treatments such as\u200c puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, \u200band surgeries while mandating that the department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescind existing policies influenced \u200dby the World Professional\u2064 Association for Transgender Health. The order also involves a review of medical literature\u2064 on\u2064 gender dysphoria \u200cand requires federally run \u200binsurance programs to\u2064 stop covering\u2063 these procedures. Additionally, the\u2064 Justice\u2064 Department is tasked with enforcing laws related to these practices and is encouraged to draft legislation\u200d allowing families to \u200csue healthcare providers for damages related\u2063 to gender transition procedures.\u200d The order comes in the wake \u2063of\u200b a Supreme \u200cCourt case regarding a Tennessee law that is\u200d expected\u2064 to uphold a ban\u2063 on such treatments for minors, with \u2064proponents arguing it safeguards children from unverified risks.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump seeks to curtail trans procedures for minors with new executive order<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1935521\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Titled&nbsp;&ldquo;Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the order<\/a> directs federal agencies to defund and oppose medical interventions Trump called &ldquo;irreversible and destructive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called &lsquo;transition&rsquo; of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,&rdquo; the White House&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">readout<\/a> of the action states.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defunding transgender procedures<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-executive-order-mandates-divisive-unscientific-race-training-at-every-level-of-the-federal-government\/\" title=\"Biden Executive Order Mandates Divisive, Unscientific Race \u2018Training\u2019 At Every Level Of The Federal Government\">executive order directs federal agencies<\/a>, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to withdraw funding for any institution that provides transgender procedures to minors. Specifically, the order defines &ldquo;chemical and surgical mutilation&rdquo; as the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries to alter a child&rsquo;s physical appearance or reproductive anatomy.<\/p>\n<p>The directive requires HHS to immediately begin rescinding policies based on guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, which Trump&rsquo;s administration criticized as lacking &ldquo;scientific integrity.&rdquo; Within 90 days, the department must publish a review of medical literature on treating gender dysphoria in minors and issue new guidance aimed at ending the practice.<\/p>\n<p>Federally run insurance programs, such as TRICARE and Medicaid, are also ordered to exclude coverage for these procedures. The order further directs the Office of Personnel Management to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ensure federal employee health plans eliminate coverage<\/a> for pediatric transgender surgeries and hormone treatments by 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal Enforcement and Federal Action<\/h2>\n<p>The order tasks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a> with enforcing existing laws, including prioritizing prosecutions under laws against female genital mutilation, which the administration says align with the broader goal of protecting children from harmful medical practices. It also calls for investigations into alleged fraud and deception by medical providers regarding the long-term effects of transgender procedures for minors.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Justice Department is directed to draft legislation allowing children and parents to sue healthcare providers for damages resulting from gender transition procedures, with the inclusion of a lengthy statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE&nbsp;TO&nbsp;READ MORE&nbsp;FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The order also takes aim at so-called &ldquo;sanctuary states&rdquo; that allow custody changes to facilitate access to transgender procedures, calling for enforcement of federal laws such as the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order follows recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> arguments in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3250557\/tennessee-attorney-general-claims-victory-in-admission-of-aclu-lawyer-in-trans-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United States v. Skrmetti<\/a><\/em>, where the justices appeared poised to uphold a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, with supporters arguing it protects children from unproven and harmful treatments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1935521\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1935521\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs order to limit trans procedures for minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2396286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028098455476.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32911,7497,46122,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2396285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-executive-order","tag-minors","tag-trans-procedures","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028098455476.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396289,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396285\/revisions\/2396289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}