President Trump is Delivering on His Commitment to Protect our Kids

Press Releases

TLDR

This press release misleadingly portrays gender-affirming healthcare as dangerous and unsupported by science, contradicting major medical organizations’ evidence-based positions. It uses inflammatory language to describe largely reversible treatments, overstates policy impacts, and omits crucial medical context about established clinical guidelines and consent processes.

Key Claims vs. Medical Consensus

  • The EO and press release characterize gender-affirming care as “mutilation” and “junk science”
  • This contradicts positions of major medical organizations including:
    • American Medical Association
    • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • American Psychological Association
    • Who all recognize gender-affirming care as evidence-based and medically necessary for some youth

Policy Impact Claims

  • The press release suggests immediate widespread hospital compliance
  • Important context:
    • Many hospitals are reviewing policies out of legal uncertainty
    • “Pauses” may be temporary while seeking legal guidance
    • Some states have laws protecting access to this care
    • Legal challenges to the EO are likely

Medical Accuracy Issues

  • Mischaracterizes the nature of youth gender-affirming care:
    • Most care is reversible social transition and puberty blockers
    • Surgical procedures are rare for minors
    • Care requires extensive evaluation and consent processes
    • Treatment follows clinical guidelines and medical best practices

Misleading Elements

  1. Uses inflammatory language (“mutilation,” “maiming”) rather than medical terminology
  2. Ignores extensive research supporting the benefits of appropriate gender-affirming care
  3. Omits that most youth care is reversible and non-surgical
  4. Presents hospital policy reviews as permanent care termination
  5. Overlooks potential harm to youth who lose access to medical care

The press release appears designed to frame a complex medical issue in politically charged terms rather than presenting balanced medical and policy considerations.

Last week, President Donald J. Trump took executive action to protect American children from irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation.

It’s already having its intended effect preventing children from being maimed and sterilized by adults perpetuating a radical, false claim that they can somehow change a child’s sex. Hospitals around the country are taking action to downsize or eliminate their so-called “gender-affirming care” programs:

  • NEW YORK: NYU Langone Health has started canceling appointments for so-called “gender-affirming care” involving minors. They canceled appointments for “two 12-year-olds who had been scheduled to receive implants that dispense puberty-blocking medication.”
  • COLORADO: Denver Health announced it would stop performing sex change surgeries on minor children, while UCHealth said it is ending so-called “gender-affirming care” for all minors.
  • VIRGINIA: VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond have “suspended” providing transgender-related medication and surgeries for minors, while UVA Health has “suspended” all transgender-related services for minors.
  • WASHINGTON, D.C.: Children’s National Hospital has “paused” prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapies for minors, while Northwest Washington Hospital has done the same.
  • ILLINOIS: Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is “reviewing” their transgender-related services for minors.
  • PENNSYLVANIA: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is “closely reviewing” the transgender-related services they provide for minors.

President Trump will always protect American children.

Promises made, promises kept – again.