Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced actions aimed at banning transgender sex-change procedures for children, arguing that such interventions violate basic medical ethics and cause lasting harm to minors.
Kennedy said his decision is based on scientific evidence, federal health findings, and an executive order issued by President Trump.
In a statement outlining the rationale for the move, Kennedy accused doctors and major medical organizations of abandoning their obligations to protect children.
“Doctors assume a solemn obligation to protect children,” Kennedy said.
“Doctors across the country now provide needless and irreversible sex, rejecting procedures that violate their sacred Hippocratic Oath, endangering the very lives that they are sworn to safeguard.”
Kennedy specifically criticized organizations such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, accusing them of promoting what he described as false claims about transgender medical treatments for minors.
“The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics peddle the lie that chemical and surgical sex rejecting procedures could be good for children who suffer from gender dysphoria,” he said.
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He argued that these positions have harmed a large number of young people.
“They betrayed the estimated 300,000 American youth ages 13 to 17, conditioned to believe that sex can be changed,” Kennedy said.
“They betrayed their Hippocratic oath to do no harm.”
Kennedy said procedures commonly referred to as “gender affirming care” have resulted in long-term damage.
“So called gender affirming care has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people,” he said.
“This is not medicine, it is malpractice.”
According to Kennedy, his actions are supported by recent federal health findings.
He cited a peer-reviewed report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
“A peer reviewed report published by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health last month confirms that sex rejecting procedures imposed medical dangers and lasting harm on children who receive these interventions,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy said his response includes multiple steps intended to halt these practices nationwide.
“So today, we are taking six decisive actions guided by gold standard science and the week one executive order from President Trump to protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation,” he said.
He also announced the signing of a formal declaration addressing the use of these procedures on minors.
“This morning, I signed a declaration sex rejecting procedures are neither safe nor effective treatment for children with gender dysphoria,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy framed the actions as a break from what he described as ideology-driven medical practices and said the focus must return to child welfare.
“We’re done with junk science driven by ideological pursuits, not the well being of children,” he said.
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🚨 BREAKING: In a HUGE move, HHS Sec. RFK Jr. takes major action to BAN transgender s*x changes for children nationwide
PROTECT THE CHILDREN. This is common sense.
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