Congress should pass a law barring the use of Medicaid for mutilation surgery on any person.
At the very least, Congress must bar the use of federal taxpayers’ money to render impressionable, vulnerable, and peer-pressured children sterile.
But Congress doesn’t seem to consider this important enough to pass a law (or any laws Americans support). President Donald Trump once again has used his executive power to protect children.
The president directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to issue a rule barring Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from funding “gender care,” including mutilating surgery, for minors, effective October 13, 2026.
Sex-rejecting procedures on children, which include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical operations, can result in irreversible damage, including infertility, impaired sexual function, diminished bone density, altered brain development, and other lasting physiological effects.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., HHS secretary, said what all adults should be saying.
“These interventions carry serious risks and can cause irreversible harm. The federal government will no longer use Medicaid and CHIP dollars to fund procedures that fail to meet the evidentiary standard our children deserve.”
Many Americans oppose cutting off children’s breasts and sex organs, no matter what children say they want. But parents know they can’t control what other parents allow. Parents who oppose this atrocity can control whether they pay for it.
Why is it crucial for Congress to pass a law? Because if the next president is a Democrat, his administration can and will reverse the previous president’s actions. Depending on whether Democrats regain a majority in both houses of Congress, it’s not as easy to rescind a law.
Jarek TuszyΕski – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
