Becker's Healthcare July 1, 2024
In its most direct statement on transgender care, the Biden administration said it opposes gender-affirming surgery for minors, The New York Times reported June 28.
The Times recently reported on the staff for Adm. Rachel Levine, MD, an assistant HHS secretary, urging an international transgender health organization to remove age minimums for surgery from its treatment guidelines for minors. A draft of the guideline recommended lowering age minimums to 14 for hormonal treatments, 15 for mastectomies, 16 for breast augmentation or facial surgeries, and 17 for genital surgeries or hysterectomies.
The final guideline did not include the age-based recommendations.
“Adm. Levine shared her view with her staff that publishing the proposed lower ages for gender transition surgeries...
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