Sen. Bill Cassidy is investigating the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Endocrine Society for their support of youth gender medicine.
is ramping up his investigation of medical societies that allegedly colluded with the Biden administration to promote relaxed standards for gender transition medical treatment for minors. , to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Endocrine Society late Tuesday evening to ascertain more information on how the groups respectively communicated withAbortionist Kermit Gosnell, infamous for infant murders, dies in prison custody The letters came more than a year and a half after news first broke that former Assistant Secretary for Health AdmiralWPATH draft guidance on best practices for treating adults and minors with gender dysphoria initially set age minimums to 14 for hormonal treatments, 15 for mastectomies, 16 for breast augmentation or facial surgeries, and 17 for genital surgeries or hysterectomies.
But the final guidance published by WPATH entirely removed age-based recommendations.that staff members for Levine, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, asked WPATH to entirely remove age recommendations from its 2021 guidance to counteract conservative criticism of gender transition medicine for minors. Cassidy, who at the time was the leading Republican on the Senate health committee, sent letters in October 2024 to WPATH, AAP, and the Endocrine Society asking for more information. Now, Cassidy is extending the investigation as the chairman of the committee by requesting that AAP and the Endocrine Society share all communications with the Biden administration aboutas “irreversible, with damaging, long-lasting side-effects that affect a child or adolescent’s immediate physical, mental, and emotional development and their future wellbeing as an adult.” “Americans have every right to know the scientific rigor supporting guidelines issued by your organization, particularly given that these guidelines are widely used and relied upon by physicians and healthcare providers, and patients, including minors,” Cassidy wrote to both organizations. Neither AAP nor the Endocrine Society has walked back their support for gender transition medicine for minors, even as theTransgender medical procedures and treatments for children have been a focal point for Republicans, with some data suggesting that the issue was a key factor in President Donald Trump’s election victory in 2024. on the first day of his second term last year, making biological sexes male and female the official respective definitions of man and woman. A week later, he signed andirecting his agencies to find ways to curtail transgender procedures for children, calling them “sex-rejecting” as opposed to “gender-affirming.” moved to prohibit Medicare funding for all hospitals and healthcare systems that provide transgender medical services for minors, effectively instituting ain Oregon last week overturned HHS’s funding ban, siding with 21 Democrat-led states that sued the administration for overstepping its authority to regulate medical policy decisions, which are usually made at the state level. Cassidy, in his Tuesday letter, praised Trump and his health officials for “taking decisive action” to protect minors from “the reckless decisions of medical organizations and interest groups that claim to act based on ‘science’ and in the best interests of children.” But despite Cassidy’s support on this and several other issues, Trump did not endorse Cassidy for reelection this fall, largely because Cassidy voted to impeach the president during his first term in 2021. Instead, Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry endorsed, Cassidy is leading the pack, with 30% of those surveyed supporting the sitting senator. Only 15% said they supported Letlow, and 17% supported State Treasurer John Fleming. A quarter of voters, 24%, said they were undecided. Four in 10 voters said the cost of living was their No. 1 concern heading into the primary. Only 11% listed healthcare as their top priority.
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