HHS Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgery Policies Under Scrutiny

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) does a TV interview at her event on the night of the South Carolina's GOP primary election in Mt Pleasant, S.C., on June 14, 2022. Allison Joyce/Getty Images

U.S. Health and Human Services’ transgender policies toward children are under scrutiny, the latest federal agency to face Congressional questions over how taxpayer dollars may be pushing the issue and even funding surgeries.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), ranking member on the Subcommittee on Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra raising concerns about the agency’s work to “promote life altering changes to young children.”