"As Attorney General, I will protect children and enforce the laws as written, which includes upholding state law on experimental gender transition interventions," said AG Bailey.
Norway's medical watchdog has recommended that treatments for transgender minors be considered experimental due to a lack of research on the safety and long-term effects of gender confirmation treatments, which have seen a surge in demand in recent years, particularly among girls who identify as boys.
A Canadian psychiatrist and pioneer in child gender dysphoria treatment, came out against the popular model of affirming children’s transgender identities and putting them on puberty blockers.
As the Biden administration pushes the Department of Health and Human Services to make “gender-affirming health care” more widely available, HHS’s own National Institutes of Health is funding multiple studies premised upon how little research has been conducted on the long-term risks of taking cross-sex hormones and whether they improve mental health.
The bill cites a lack of adequate evidence to support "gender-affirming" treatments and calls for a systematic review of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex change surgeries such as bilateral mastectomies for minors.