Posted on 07/01/2023 10:32:01 AM PDT by John Semmens
Though two circuit courts have ruled that Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations compelling states to fund genital mutilation surgeries by health care providers are illegal, Secretary Xavier Becerra warned that he will withhold Medicaid funds from states that refuse to fund these surgeries.
"President Biden has made it clear that he wants every transgender to have access to this life-saving therapy," Becerra said. "His will trumps objections to using public funds to perform what some are calling 'elective surgery.' I say if you're a female born with a penis instead of a vagina you need surgery to correct that mistake. And if you need it, the government has an obligation to provide it."
The contention that this type of surgery is "life-saving" is contradicted by a recently published Journal of the American Medical Association study showing that transgender people's attempted suicide rate is 770% higher than for non-transgender people and that transgenders have a 600% higher rate of mental illness.
Opponent of tax-funded transgender surgeries Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan) said, "this study indicates that these surgeries are not life-affirming. They are life-endangering. The first rule for physicians is 'do no harm.' Mutilating the body violates this rule. There is no valid grounds for compelling taxpayers to fund these dubious procedures."
Becerra questioned the Senator's interpretation and argued that "in my opinion, the higher suicide and mental illness among transgenders is the fault of others who won't accord transgenders the respect they are due for their heroic effort to escape imprisonment in the wrong body."
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funny not funny
I’m sure igit jackson brown would agree with Becerra.
I BLASTED Muslims for their FGM, but I NEVER thought that our Leftists (Ukraine War supporters) would, literally, make FGM look tame.
Absolutely SICKENING.
“”His will trumps objections”
So Becerra is saying that because Biden wants it then he should have it regardless of what the law is and what the courts say. Becerra, in that statement shourl become another impeachment candidate.
The children have no clue what’s happening to them , like a cat/dog getting spay or neutered
I would agree with the guy/girls getting clipped. At least they could not rape anyone when put in a womans prison.
People who say males should be females & vice versa may be in need of surgery themselves...like a lobotomy.
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