The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday announced it has launched an investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services.
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021 file photo, now-Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday announced it has launched a probe into the Department of Health and Human Services over its push to remove age restrictions for a variety of transgender procedures.in June show that when the World Professional Association for Transgender Health was updating its guidelines, officials within the Department of Health and Human Services a minimum age requirement for breast removals, genital surgeries and other procedures could invite political backlash.
One included email shows Levine's then-chief of staff Sarah Boateng said both the assistant secretary and the Biden administration as a whole worried the inclusion of "specific ages" would affect access to health care for transgender youth. Boateng now serves as HHS's principal deputy assistant secretary for health.
Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., wrote to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to press for answers. She noted the House Oversight Committee is concerned the department "inappropriately applied pressure for changes to international pediatric medical standards." “Considering the Biden administration’s recently concocted defense that ‘the Administration does not support surgery for minors,’ it is alarming that HHS would advocate for these policies in its communications with WPATH,” the letter. “The reality that WPATH caved to make changes to child patient care recommendations based on blatant political motivations is a stain on the credibility of WPATH and its guidelines.
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