Donald Trump has signed a new decree in order to put an end to public aid on certain interventions and treatments for minors.
Donald Trump, back in the White House, targets transgender people. During his presidential campaign, the candidate had sworn to put an end to what he called the “transgender delirium”. From his inauguration speech, the American leader had said that his country would now recognize only “two sexes, male and female” defined at birth. This Monday, January 27, he signed a first decree In this sense, aimed at banning “gender extremism” in the army. The text argues that “the adoption of a gender identity incompatible with the sex of an individual contradicts the commitment of a soldier to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in personal life”.
Donald Trump did not stop there. This Tuesday, January 28, he published a second decree Who is, this time, aiming to put an end to public aid for the gender transition treatments of minors. This text provides that the United States “will not finance, will not support, will not encourage, will not attend the alleged ‘transition’ from one child from one sex to another”.
Medical staff pointed out by Donald Trump
This implies a prohibition for the federal government to finance establishments which practice surgical interventions to help the transition or which provide chemical treatments, such as puberty blockers. Donald Trump judges these “destructive” procedures. In addition, health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare will no longer be able to support such interventions or treatments.
The President also hopes that the Ministry of Justice writes a bill allowing parents and children to sue the health professionals who have carried out such operations. “Through the country, mutilating health professionals and sterilize a growing number of influencing children (…). This dangerous trend will be a stain on our history and it must end,” dared the American president. The decree also highlights significant medical costs following “permanent medical complications”.
26 States already prohibit the use of transitional therapies for minors. According to the Williams Institute of the University of California, in the United States, 1.6 million people define themselves as transgender, including more than 300,000 young people aged 13 to 17.