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A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump's Youth Care Ban Executive Order 2025/01/29 00:00
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- URL: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-line-analysis-of-trumps-760
- Posted: 2025-01-29 (date: 2025/01/29)
- Topics: US/president/EO/2025/01/28
- Summary: «A week after a flurry of executive orders, Trump is still signing orders to target the trans community. The latest, released Tuesday, tries to ban trans youth care nationwide.»
- shares: Erin in the Morning @ BlueSky
Excerpts
- Section 1 «frames gender-affirming care as "maiming" and claims that transgender youth will "soon regret" transitioning», along with many other flat-out lies and misleading characterizations. «Even the Cass Review in England – frequently cited by those seeking to ban transgender healthcare – identified less than 10 cases of detransition among a sample of 3,000 individuals who were either on waiting lists or had received care.» «Despite this evidence, the executive order uses these misleading claims to justify sweeping nationwide crackdowns on transgender healthcare.»
- Section 2 first «defines "children" as individuals under the age of 19, effectively extending the ban to legal adults who are 18. It is unclear whether this is an intentional move to test the legal boundaries of restricting adult medical autonomy, but it sets a concerning precedent. Second, it defines gender-affirming care as "chemical and surgical mutilation," a deliberately inflammatory choice of words» which is used later in the text to bring trans care under the aegis of existing federal laws, such as those against female genital mutilation.