The US: President Donald Trump ends teen gender transition funding
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order ending the teen transition funding procedures for minors under 19, which raised questions about transgender rights and healthcare, the media reported.
Business tycoon Elon Musk, who criticized gender-affirming care for minors, supported Trump’s decision, which added a new layer of controversy as his own daughter is transgender.
With this new order, the US government would no longer “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” medical procedures that aid in gender transitions for minors. It also directed federal agencies to strictly enforce laws restricting such treatments.
“It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ 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,” the order stated.
It also targets medical professionals, alleging they are “sterilizing a growing population and impressionable children” under the belief that that child’s sex would be changed through medical interventions.
The order denies any kind of guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) as “junk science.”
President Trump celebrated the move on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying, “Today, 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.”
