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GOP Lawmakers Probing If Ideology Is Driving HHS Advocacy for Transgender Treatments

GOP Lawmakers Probing If Ideology Is Driving HHS Advocacy for Transgender Treatments
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House on Aug. 3, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
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A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide evidence to justify the administration’s support of what they describe as dangerous transgender medical procedures for minors.

“We are increasingly alarmed that HHS’ advocacy has led health professionals to prescribe dangerous and experimental drugs and surgeries to troubled children,” reads a March 29 letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra signed by Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) and 13 of his Republican colleagues.
Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
Reporter
Janice Hisle mainly writes in-depth reports based on U.S. political news and cultural trends, following a two-year stint covering President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection campaign. Before joining The Epoch Times in 2022, she worked more than two decades as a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and authored several books. She is a graduate of Kent State University's journalism program. You can reach Janice at: [email protected]
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