President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January called “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” to stop doctors from prescribing puberty blockers to children or sterilizing them.
A child can’t foresee the regret he or she will have after castration or a hysterectomy. But adults know better. All the adults who could have stopped the child but chose not to or encouraged the child won’t take responsibility for the consequences.
“Accordingly, 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,” reads the order.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to carry out President Trump’s order with regulatory action.
HHS announced on Thursday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to bar hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs from giving children puberty blockers or performing mutilating surgery.
“Nearly all U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare and Medicaid and this action is designed to ensure that the U.S. government will not be in business with organizations that intentionally or unintentionally inflict permanent harm on children.”
The Biden administration did not protect children. The Trump administration will.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass H.R. 3492, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which criminalizes giving children puberty blockers or surgically mutilating them. The vote was 216-211.
BREAKING: A Historic Victory for America’s Children!
Yesterday, December 17, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives took a bold and courageous stand to PROTECT KIDS by passing H.R. 3492, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, in a 216-211 vote!
This groundbreaking legislation… pic.twitter.com/jwkb9js9J9— CURE (@CUREpolicy) December 18, 2025
