Senator Marshall Applauds SCOTUS for Protecting Children from Mutilation and Sterilization

Washington – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) praised the United States Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on dangerous puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children.

“Today was not just a win for basic biology and common sense, but for human decency, sound medicine, and the dignity and safety of children everywhere,” said Senator Marshall. “As a doctor for over 25 years, I understand the gravity of these harmful so-called treatments radical activists have been pushing on children. They leave permanent scarring, sterilization, and other horrible side effects. Make no mistake, there’s more work to do, and I remain committed to eliminating taxpayer-funded transgender procedures on both minors and adults.”

Senator Marshall’s legislation – the No Subsidies for Gender Transition Procedures Act – is the framework for the text in the President’s One Big, Beautiful Bill that would bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from covering gender-transition procedures (including surgeries and hormone therapy) for all ages. This provision would save taxpayers $2.5 billion over ten years and would prevent irreversible surgical interventions, which often lead to significant health complications, sterilization, and long-term medical costs.

Background:

• Senator Marshall has long fought to protect the safety, health, and dignity of children from the pernicious forces of the radical left by:
  • Reintroducing the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act, which prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.
  • Introducing the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act, which prohibits any person, or the minor in question, from engaging in interstate commerce to perform, attempting to perform, conspiring to perform, or providing a referral for any gender transition procedure, including surgeries, hormone treatments, and other therapies, on a minor.
  • Bringing together a coalition to sound the alarm on the extreme gender ideology war being waged against America’s children and to talk about solutions, including the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act.
  • Introducing his School Lunch Congressional Resolution Act (CRA) of disapproval that would prevent the USDA from retaliating against schools that do not comply with the Biden Administration’s transgender agenda in schools. Senator Marshall originally introduced this CRA in July after 22 schools began suing the USDA for weaponizing their lunch funding against those who don’t adhere to the transgender agenda. 

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