HHS official warns of irreversible risks as Trump admin restricts funding for youth gender procedures

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Adm. Brian Christine calls puberty blockers "castrating chemicals" as Medicaid funding ends.

'Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions that pose serious risks and convey no proven benefits,' said CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz.

Taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding such procedures and therapies.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that a final rule barring federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds from being used to pay for transgender medical interventions for minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. “Today, we are ending federal taxpayer fundin