The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a sweeping package of proposed regulatory actions Thursday to end "sex-rejecting procedures" on minors as part of President Donald Trump's January executive order calling on the department to protect children from "chemical and surgical mutilation."
"Today, we are taking six decisive actions guided by gold standard science and the week one executive order from President Trump to protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a press conference Thursday afternoon announcing the proposed actions.
HHS is rolling out a series of policy updates and regulatory actions that effectively would defund hospitals that provide gender transition procedures, according to an HHS official.
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