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President Trump’s administration has moved decisively to stop federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for hormone treatments, puberty blockers, and surgeries for minors, a long-overdue rollback of taxpayer-supported experiments on children. The final rule and accompanying HHS actions make clear the federal government will no longer bankroll irreversible interventions on young bodies, a move that puts parents — not activists or bureaucrats — back in charge of kids’ welfare.
Under the administration’s plan, states will be barred from claiming federal Medicaid dollars for gender-transition procedures for youths starting this fall, a practical step that prevents federal subsidization of what many parents rightly view as dangerous and experimental care. This isn’t a partisan stunt; it’s common-sense policy to prevent irreversible surgeries and chemical interventions on people who cannot legally drink, vote, or consent to other life-altering choices.
HHS has backed up the policy with regulatory action and guidance aimed at keeping hospitals and federal programs from participating in these procedures for children, emphasizing the government’s responsibility to protect minors from medical harm. The department’s rulemaking and the earlier proposed rule make a clear legal pathway to end federal support for so-called sex-rejecting procedures on children, matching the president’s executive directives.
Voices from inside the medical world are starting to speak plainly: Dr. Ira Savetsky publicly expressed regret for participating in gender surgeries during his residency and applauded institutions that step back from putting minors through irreversible surgeries. That admission from a trained plastic surgeon underscores the moral and medical confusion that has become routine in elite hospitals, and it bolsters the administration’s argument that federal dollars should not underwrite this practice.
Americans who value common sense and decency should celebrate this outcome. For too long the medical-industrial complex and activist-run institutions pushed radical ideology under the cloak of care, and taxpayers were forced to pay; ending federal funding restores a measure of sanity and protects vulnerable children from life-altering mistakes.
Now is the moment for conservatives to press the advantage: support laws that enshrine parental rights, hold hospitals accountable, and ensure that children receive therapy and support — not irreversible surgeries — when they struggle with identity. This administration acted to put children first; patriotic Americans must stand behind policies that defend innocence, common sense, and the basic biological realities that underpin a free and flourishing society.
