Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all Americans
As more health systems end gender-affirming care for patients amid a crackdown from the Trump administration, scientists and advocates say the science of sex and gender is being misrepresented – and will have major repercussions for the healthcare for all Americans.
Trump officials “don’t actually understand the science at all”, said Jey McCreight, who is the founder of Beyond X&Y and has a doctoral degree in human genomics. McCreight, who uses they/them pronouns, added that using misinformation to limit who can seek healthcare is a warning for all patients.
“These attacks are fundamentally coming from a broader attempt to dismantle science and expertise and truth,” they said.
Jess McLaughlin, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage, who also uses they/them pronouns, said: “These oversimplified understandings of the biology of sex are being used to back up transgender legislation and federal policy.”
