Robert F Kennedy Jr is pushing a plan to block medical treatments, the latest move against bodily autonomy
On Thursday, when Robert F Kennedy Jr announced an effort to block medical treatments for transgender youth, he used the term “sex-rejecting procedures” in place of “gender-affirming care”.
And where transgender advocates and healthcare providers view puberty blockers, hormones and (in rare cases) surgical interventions as suicide prevention measures, the health secretary claimed that these “procedures” will do the opposite: “rob children of their futures.”
Under his proposals, hospitals that provide transgender care to minors would lose federal funding, including Medicaid.
In language as in policy, Kennedy is negating everything, and everyone, trans.
