Transgender HHS Assistant Secretary Says Doctors Agree on Providing ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care for Minors

United States Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS), Rachel Levine, who is a biological male living as a woman, brushed off critics of new federal guidance promoting “gender-affirming” health care for minors.

The New York Post reported that Levine criticized states like Texas and Florida for pushing guidance against gender-affirming health care for children. Levine said that medical professionals support children obtaining this type of treatment, which includes puberty blockers, hormone therapy treatment, and sex reassignment surgery.

“There is no argument among medical professionals – pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, adolescent medicine physicians, adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, etc. – about the value and the importance of gender-affirming care,” Levine told NPR.

Senior Biden health official Rachel Levine says 'there is no argument' among medical professionals on 'gender affirming care' for children. Administration defines such care as puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery. From @NPR https://t.co/gm5BKzgUaL pic.twitter.com/v5q9QAmDeg

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