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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now serving as HHS secretary, announced on December 18, 2025, a sweeping proposal to roll back Biden-era policies that allowed gender-transition interventions for minors and to prevent federal funding from supporting those procedures. The department framed the move as protecting children from irreversible medical interventions and returned authority to parents and physicians rather than activist bureaucrats.
The centerpiece of the proposal would bar hospitals that perform what the administration calls “sex-rejecting procedures” on people under 18 from participating in Medicare and Medicaid, and would remove coverage for those treatments under Medicaid and CHIP for minors. This is not a mere memo; it’s a notice of proposed rulemaking that could force hospitals to choose between adhering to left-wing medical trends and keeping federal reimbursements that sustain their operations.
Kennedy and his team made the case as plainly as any patriot could want: federal programs should not underwrite experimental or irreversible interventions on children. HHS released a declaration and a peer-reviewed report asserting these procedures do not meet “professionally recognized standards of health care,” a stance the new leadership says answers the call of concerned parents across the country.
Conservatives should cheer that the federal government is finally prioritizing biological reality and parental rights over ideological fashion. For years, radical activists pushed policies out of step with common sense and the best interests of kids, and Democratic administrations turned a blind eye while advocating irreversible medical paths for teenagers. This move restores a measure of restraint and accountability to medicine, where interventions should be cautious, evidence-based, and always respect family authority.
Predictably, the response from the left and from activist groups has been immediate and loud, promising lawsuits and public outrage campaigns to stop common-sense protections for children. The rulemaking process will include public comment and is likely to face legal challenges from states and advocacy organizations that have made gender ideology a political crusade. Conservatives must be ready to defend the policy on legal and cultural grounds, because the institutions that long favored these interventions will not yield without a fight.
Media outlets and many medical associations that backed broad access to gender-affirming care will howl that the administration is taking away health care, but the facts tell a different story: this is about targeting irreversible surgical and pharmacological interventions for minors and ensuring taxpayers don’t bankroll them. Nearly half the states have already passed restrictions, and federal action simply brings national clarity and protection for children who cannot fully consent to life-changing procedures.
This is a moment for patriotic Americans to stand up for children, for parents, and for the sanctity of medicine. If you believe the federal government should protect kids from rushed, permanent medical experimentation and restore common sense to health care, now is the time to make your voice heard in the public comments and to support leaders who put families first.
