by Anne Schlafly Cori, chairman, Eagle Forum
Taxpayers should not subsidize a social contagion. Social media and “LGBT” ideology has spread the unscientific idea that humans can deny their biology and magically change their sex. Vulnerable children have been swept up in this hideous craze that only serves to destroy their fertility. Unfortunately, medical professionals have joined the mass enthusiasm by prescribing powerful drugs and performing surgeries that have lifetime repercussions.
Male and female cannot be abolished and taxpayers should not participate in this experimental medicine that is being foisted on those who cannot make informed consent.
Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) has introduced two bills in the U.S. House in response to the growing push to normalize early and aggressive medical interventions on confused children who pretend to be “transgender”.
The Protecting Children from Experimentation Act would prohibit doctors from performing experimental gender reassignment treatments on children. Puberty-blocking hormones followed by cross-sex hormones can cause irreversible damage to children’s bodies, including an increased risk of cancer and permanent sterilization.
The End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act would protect taxpayers’ conscience by prohibiting federal funding for gender reassignment surgeries and treatments. Our religious liberties are at risk when the government supports this radical belief system that denigrates our sexuality.
Rep. LaMalfa said, “Our society has quickly ‘normalized’ gender experimentation under the guise of an ‘accepting’ political ideology rather than biological reality. Even more troubling, children are undergoing experimental treatments, like being injected with puberty-blocking hormones and cross-sex hormones, which have irreversible consequences, such as permanent sterility. As minors, children cannot vote, join the military, or open a bank account; it’s our job as society, and especially parents, to protect them from making life altering gender experimentation decisions that they may likely later regret.”