Senator Wiener Condemns Trump’s Move To Ban Gender Affirming Healthcare

SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration released a draft rule to ban gender affirming care across the U.S. by withholding federal funding from hospitals that provide it. The American Medical Association and other major medical associations continue to support access to this care because it has been shown to sharply reduce suicide attempts, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse among LGBTQ youth. If finalized, the new rule would put thousands of LGBTQ young people at risk.

Senator Wiener issued the following statement:

“This illegal proposal is designed to eliminate health care for transgender youth by threatening to destroy hospitals that provide that care: care that has long been validated by physicians and medical associations and that is provided with parental support. These health care decisions should be made by the young people, their parents, and their physicians, not by the government. This is an extreme overreach and blatantly illegal.

“This repugnant plan is just a proposal with many steps remaining before it is finalized. Hospitals need not and should not comply while it is being considered by regulators. 

“Trump and his ideologues want to erase trans people from existence. That’s always been the plan. We won’t let them.

“To all the trans kids and their families who are living in fear right now: we see you, we have your backs, and we will fight for you.”

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