A U.S. House Committee has launched a probe into the Biden-Harris administration after reports that they pressured WPATH to remove age limits for trans surgery.
Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.
Critics have raised concerns that those surgeries, which do irreversible changes to the body, are often regretted. They argue that children cannot really understand or consent to the procedures, which include removing breasts or male genitalia and rendering boys and girls permanently unable to have children of their own one day.
Pointing to reporting from The New York Times, the committee said in its letter that WPATH published a draft of its recommendations online which included age limits of 14 for hormone drugs, “age 15 for transgender mastectomies, age 16 for transgender breast augmentation and facial surgery, and age 17 for transgender genital surgeries and hysterectomies.”
“Despite WPATH’s initial minimum age recommendations, Admiral Levine and Boateng’s clear, concise instructions to remove age recommendations from SOC-8 led to their ultimate removal, notwithstanding the Biden Administration’s now public statement that it opposes providing such surgeries to minors,” the letter said.“The Biden Administration’s advocacy for expanding the pool of vulnerable children subjected to life-altering procedures they may later regret is reprehensible,” the letter said.
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