HHS Releases Report On ‘Medical Dangers’ Of Procedures For Youth With Gender Dysphoria

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a peer-reviewed report on the medical dangers that “sex-rejecting procedures” pose to children. The report was released as HHS is developing a proposed rule to prohibit the use of federal Medicaid funding for “sex-trait modification procedures” furnished to children and youth.

The report confirms the findings of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, which reported that medical treatment for children’s gender dysphoria poses unnecessary procedures and long-term health risks, according to the HHS announcement. The report alleges that the harms of puberty blockers, cross-sex . . .