Trump Acts to Protect Children From Trans Medical Interventions, Echoing FACT’s Brief
Jan 31, 2025 by FACT
In less than two weeks of Donald Trump’s Presidency, his administration has already halted federal funding for abortions, scrapped “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” programs from federal agencies, taken action to secure our southern border, and established that the federal government will only recognize two sexes – male and female. These actions merely scratch the surface of what the new administration has accomplished through over 70 Executive Orders in 12 days.
We are especially grateful that President Trump signed an Order this week to protect children from surgical and chemical interventions that irreversibly disrupt and alter their healthy bodies, echoing arguments put forth by FACT in our recent amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, filed on behalf of ourselves and ten other state family policy organizations in support of our Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.
“Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding,” the Order reads. “Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.”
That countless children will eventually come to regret their “gender transitions” is indisputable – eleven studies have confirmed that the majority of children (some estimate up to 80%) will outgrow their gender dysphoria when they reach adulthood.
“Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” the Order established.
This crucial action from President Trump goes hand-in-hand with FACT’s amicus brief advocating for Tennessee’s law banning these procedures for minors, which AG Skrmetti is currently defending before the US Supreme Court in United States v. Skrmetti.
“The State of Tennessee enacted the challenged statute to protect the children within its borders who do not have the maturity to comprehend the life-altering gravity of being subjected to novel surgical and chemical interventions that irreversibly disrupt and alter their healthy bodies,” FACT notes in the brief. “As persons have a right not to be bodily injured by third persons, physicians like all other third persons have a corresponding duty in their practice not to injure the bodies of the persons who are their patients.”
We conclude: “Therefore, the Court must reject the ahistorical innovation in law offered by the [Biden] Department of Justice that the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause abrogated the right of all persons to the uninterrupted enjoyment of their bodies and health according to our nature as human beings and the power (and duty) of states to protect the rights of all persons from injury thereto by medical providers.’
In layman’s words, we argue that states not only have a right to outlaw these medical interventions, but they have a duty to protect minors’ natural, healthy bodies from these procedures.
Although a decision from the Court is not expected until June, Trump’s Executive Order picks up on this duty to protect America’s children, by:
We applaud President Trump for this decisive and important action that will protect countless children from the dangers of these medical interventions. We hope this Order encourages the Supreme Court to follow our lead and affirm not only Tennessee’s right to protect its children, but also its duty to do so.
We are especially grateful that President Trump signed an Order this week to protect children from surgical and chemical interventions that irreversibly disrupt and alter their healthy bodies, echoing arguments put forth by FACT in our recent amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, filed on behalf of ourselves and ten other state family policy organizations in support of our Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.
“Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding,” the Order reads. “Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.”
That countless children will eventually come to regret their “gender transitions” is indisputable – eleven studies have confirmed that the majority of children (some estimate up to 80%) will outgrow their gender dysphoria when they reach adulthood.
“Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” the Order established.
This crucial action from President Trump goes hand-in-hand with FACT’s amicus brief advocating for Tennessee’s law banning these procedures for minors, which AG Skrmetti is currently defending before the US Supreme Court in United States v. Skrmetti.
“The State of Tennessee enacted the challenged statute to protect the children within its borders who do not have the maturity to comprehend the life-altering gravity of being subjected to novel surgical and chemical interventions that irreversibly disrupt and alter their healthy bodies,” FACT notes in the brief. “As persons have a right not to be bodily injured by third persons, physicians like all other third persons have a corresponding duty in their practice not to injure the bodies of the persons who are their patients.”
We conclude: “Therefore, the Court must reject the ahistorical innovation in law offered by the [Biden] Department of Justice that the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause abrogated the right of all persons to the uninterrupted enjoyment of their bodies and health according to our nature as human beings and the power (and duty) of states to protect the rights of all persons from injury thereto by medical providers.’
In layman’s words, we argue that states not only have a right to outlaw these medical interventions, but they have a duty to protect minors’ natural, healthy bodies from these procedures.
Although a decision from the Court is not expected until June, Trump’s Executive Order picks up on this duty to protect America’s children, by:
- Requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take all appropriate actions to end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children;
- Ensuring that institutions receiving federal research or education grants must end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children;
- Excluding chemical and surgical mutilation of children from TRICARE coverage; and
- Rescinding the use of the politically biased World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) guidance, which “lacks scientific integrity.”
We applaud President Trump for this decisive and important action that will protect countless children from the dangers of these medical interventions. We hope this Order encourages the Supreme Court to follow our lead and affirm not only Tennessee’s right to protect its children, but also its duty to do so.
