Politico December 18, 2025
In a spate of votes and announcements, the GOP is tacking hard to an issue where the party sees an advantage.
Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump are trying to flip the health care script to an issue that’s worked for them in the past: restricting transgender care for children.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to make providing hormones or surgery to transgender children a felony and another Thursday to bar the treatments for children on Medicaid. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisers announced a slew of rules that would effectively end gender-affirming care at hospitals. In the states, GOP candidates are running ads again condemning Democrats for supporting the care — as...
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