The New York Attorney General, Letitia James warned the hospitals on Monday not to follow the directive of President Donald Trump to prohibit procedures for sexual change for minors, arguing that this would violate the law of the state.
Trump’s executive decree (EO), which was signed last week, was entitled “Children’s protection against chemical and surgical mutilation”. Its objective is to restrict the procedures for sexual change “chemical and surgical” for minors.
“Through the country today, health professionals mutilate and sterilize an increasing number of impressable children under the radical and false affirmation that adults can change the sex of a child through a series of medical interventions irreversible, “said the OE. “This dangerous trend will be a stain on the history of our nation, and it must end.”
The declaration indicates that the United States “will not finance, will not sponsor, promotion, assistance or will not support the so-called” transition “from one child from one sex to another”.
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New York prosecutor general, Letitia James warns hospitals not to follow Trump’s Once on the “care affirmed by the sexes” for minors. (Reuters)
In the letter, James argued that the refusal to provide treatment affirming sex would violate anti-discrimination laws in the state of the Empire.
“Whatever the availability of federal financing, we write to remind you more of your obligations to respect the laws of New York State,” she said.
In an email obtained by the Associated Press, the spokesperson for the Greater New York Hospital Association said that his organization consulted hospitals on the OE.
“We work in collaboration through all aspects of the OO to determine its legal and clinical implications,” wrote spokesperson Brian Conway. “This work is underway.”
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The Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference in 2024. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
In a recent interview, the lead medical analyst of Fox News Channel Dr. Marc Siegel explained that the main treatments that will be discouraged under the OE include puberty blockers and sexual reallion surgery for minors.
“Puberty blockers, the principal is Lupron, which we use for prostate cancer, said Siegel enough. “I mean, he interferes with bone growth, he can potentially interfere with fertility if he is combined with hormones and that he can interfere with thought and cognition. I do not believe that we can say that Blockers with puberty with hormones do not have long – side effects, they do. “
“Surgery, we are talking about mastectomies, we are talking about superior and lower surgeries. I think it is something that is not reversible and it should never be done on children,” added the doctor. “The supporters will say:” Well, the more you wait, the more the child suffers. “I think there is contradictory research on this subject.
Siegel also stressed the importance of mental health treatment for adolescents and warned against the seriousness of the decision to undergo sex change procedures, which could be irreversible.
“You have a child, they have gender confusion. Did he have enough mental health advice?” Siegel said. “Did they have the chance to develop? Are they under politically under pressure by someone in society, their parents? And then, above all, does it lead to something that is not reversible ? “
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US President Donald Trump talks to journalists from the office resolved after having signed an executive decree to appoint the assistant administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration at the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital contacted the James office and the White House for additional comments.
The Associated Press and Kendall Tietz of Associated Press and Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
