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'Corrupt and twisted': Rachel Levine slammed for saying Biden adming fully behind changing children's genders

Rachel Levine also said that gender-affirming care for minors had the 'highest support' of President Joe Biden's administration

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT: Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rachel Levine is being blasted for promising that medically changing kids’ genders will be normalized soon. Levine was invited to speak at the event about the Florida Parental Rights in Education law and weigh in on the political implications of gender reassignment surgery that take place at children's hospitals.

Levine said at the event that gender-affirming care for minors had the "highest support" of President Joe Biden's administration, according to Fox News. "But I'm a positive and optimistic person, and I choose to be positive, optimistic. And I think that the wheels will turn on this," Levine said.

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"I think that it's not going to be politically advantageous. It wasn't particularly in 2022. And so I think that as we look to all the different elections in 2024, I think the next two years are going to be challenging. But I am positive and optimistic and hopeful that the wheel will turn after that and that this issue won't be as politically and socially such a minefield," Levine added.

'There can be irrevocable harm being done'

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb of Do No Harm organization, an association that opposes 'woke' activism in the healthcare system, said that there is "no good evidence that children treated with gender-altering hormones or puberty blockers improved mental health assessments." "Levine’s appearance at Connecticut Children’s Hospital praising ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors and claiming it will be fully embraced is wrong and must be countered," Goldfarb said. "There is no good evidence that children treated with gender-altering hormones or puberty blockers have improved mental health assessments."

"Despite assertions to the contrary, a recent study from the University of Washington showed that there was absolutely no change in the psychological well-being of children with gender dysphoria treated with these medications," Goldfarb added. "There can be irrevocable harm being done to children by those pushing for these radical, ideologically driven, treatments. Treatment for minors needs to be based on rigorous scientific inquiry, not on dubious, agenda-driven studies or the demands of activists."

'We must protect our children'

According to Rep. Andy Harris, a member of the House Doctors Caucus and Co-Chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, it is "reprehensible for a government official—let alone the Assistant U.S. Secretary of HHS to promote the genital mutilation of minors as becoming a standard practice in the U.S." "As a physician, I was proud to co-sponsor the 'Protect Children's Innocence Act' which would prohibit harmful medical procedures used to treat gender dysphoria in transgender minors, including puberty blockers and surgeries in which minors alter their body to correspond to a sex that differs from their biological sex," Harris said. 

He continued, "Many pediatricians, particularly pediatric endocrinologists, have expressed serious concerns about the use of puberty blockers, hormone blockers, and sex transition surgeries in minors. These doctors know that these medications and procedures can impact children’s bone growth, fertility, and risk of breast and prostate cancer. Meanwhile, HHS has pressured providers to provide this care or else face discrimination lawsuits. We must protect our children."

When Joe Biden called Florida laws banning puberty blockers 'sinful’

Levine's comments come after Joe Biden said changes to gender laws and treatment in Florida are "close to sinful" in a recent interview. He has also said that efforts by Republicans to block transgender rights are "cruel," and that there should be federal laws to prevent states from curbing trans rights.

"What's going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, close to sinful. It is just terrible what they are doing," Biden said in a clip of an interview with The Daily Show that has been released. "It's not like a kid wakes up one morning and says, 'You know, I decided I want to become a man or I want to become a woman or I want to change'.

"I mean, what are they thinking about here? They are human beings. They love. They have feelings. They have inclinations that are… it just to me, is, I don't know is, it's cruel," Biden added. It is unclear what actions in Florida Biden specifically opposes. However, in recent months, the state has taken various steps to block gender-affirming care for children.

Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty in children who identify as transgender. According to supporters, this helps such children from undergoing body changes that could potentially be traumatic to them. As per opponents, however, blockers can have side effects causing serious damage to users later in life. The side effects could include sterility and the inability to achieve orgasm.

'Doing a good job at destroying America'

Levine's comments are being slammed on social media, with one user saying, "The implication that majority children are born defective and that gender changing is more common that it truly is, is very concerning direction by the trans head of health Rachel Levine. I believe this is just a push for adult validation," one user said. Another wrote, "Completely Wrong. Dr. Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced: 'Wheels will turn on this'." "THIS IS THE MOST DISGUSTING, ANTI-GOD THING IVE EVER HEARD OF. PLEASE, God, don’t let this happen," one user wrote.

"They are doing a good job at destroying America from within," one user said, while another wrote, "God help us. Pray for the Lord to intervene for the sake of the children." One said, "This corrupt and twisted Biden regime is beyond insane! Leave children out of your political fantasies!"

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