Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’Two bills, one passing House, mark first time Congress votes over national care bans and escalation of anti-trans rhetoricThe GuardianMelody SchreiberWed 17 Dec 2025Nicholas Mitchell took a deep breath and reached for the door handle. He never knew what to expect inside. Sometimes, the staffers for US House representatives were friendly; sometimes, he’d heard, they tore up their copies of the informational sheets Mitchell carried on a clipboard.This time, they were receptive. A policy aide for a Democratic representative said he had five minutes to talk, and Mitchell didn’t waste any time as they settled into a conference room.“We’re here to discuss two bills coming up, HR 498 and HR 3492,” Mitchell said.The two bills, introduced this week for a planned vote on Wednesday, both targeted gender-affirming healthcare for children – the first time Congress has voted over national care bans and a major escalation of anti-trans rhetoric from conservative US lawmakers.The bill to criminalize parents and providers for providing gender-affirming care to children under the age of 18 passed the House on Wednesday night.It’s the most significant attempt by federal lawmakers to restrict the healthcare for children in the US.The bill, introduced by Marjorie Taylor Greene as one of her last acts as a legislator before retiring from the House next month, would make gender-affirming care a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.The bill passed by 216-211, with three Democrats voting for the bill.
Holy Sh*t!
The 19th News reports that,
The American Civil Liberties Union says it is the most extreme anti-trans legislation ever considered by Congress: It would put doctors in jail for up to 10 years if they provide gender-affirming care to minors, including prescribing hormone replacement therapy to adolescents or puberty blockers to young kids. The bill also aims to halt gender-affirming surgeries on minors, which is rare.“This would make it a Class C felony to trans a child under 18,” Greene, a Georgia Republican, said on X. In that post, she describes her bill as “one of President Trump’s key campaign promises” — gutting gender-affirming care — a presidential shout-out despite the litany of public grievances that led to their estrangement.The far-reaching legislation is leaving medical professionals fearful, even though it’s not expected to become law. A vote on the House floor, where the bill needs a simple majority to pass, is scheduled for Wednesday. The measure will then go to the Senate, where it is unlikely to advance, since at least seven Democrats would need to sign on.
But that is not all, from the Trump adminstration comes Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum... (My emphasis)
Selena Simmons-DuffinDecember 18, 2025The Trump administration is expected to announce several moves Thursday that will have the effect of essentially banning gender-affirming care for transgender young people, even in states where it is still legal.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be announcing the measures in a press conference at 11 a.m. at the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Marty Makary, who leads the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who leads the National Institutes of Health, will all be at the press conference.In October, NPR exclusively reported on two new proposed rules for hospitals that Oz is expected to announce Thursday. The first would prohibit doctors and hospitals from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursement for medical care provided to transgender patients younger than age 18. The second would block all Medicaid and Medicare funding for any services at hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care. Medicaid provides health care coverage to low-income children and adults in the U.S. Medicare is the health program for Americans over 65 and disabled people. Virtually every hospital in the country takes Medicare and relies on it, so the rule would have a wide-ranging effect.
You know I don't have to tell you how bad this is. This means even counseling!
And you know damn well that this is going to Trump's Supreme Court!
You know the Democrats used Medicare to force hospitals to recognize same-sex couples... so to expand inclusion while the Trump adminstration is using it to force exclusions.
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