Senator Marshall Releases Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order to protect minors from chemical and surgical mutilation procedures and put biology over ideology. 

Last Congress, Senator Marshall introduced the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act to protect America’s children from irreversible physical and emotional harm caused by transgender procedures pushed by the radical Left. 

“Under President Trump’s leadership, common sense and dignity have returned to the White House. This is another promise made, promise kept by the President and his unwavering commitment to protecting our children from transgender activists in what can only be described as child abuse. President Trump’s Executive Order rightfully prohibits the castration, mutilation, and use of dangerous irreversible therapy treatments on children,” Senator Marshall said.

Specifically, the Executive Order will: 

• Order agencies to use every available means to cut off federal financial participation in institutions that provide chemical and surgical mutilation of children.
• Taxpayers will no longer fund the chemical and surgical mutilation of children through federal employees’ insurance plans.
• DOJ is ordered to prioritize investigations of those who would subject young women to these barbaric acts under the federal government’s existing statutes which prohibit female genital mutilation and to investigate consumer deception and fraud. 
• It sets in motion Congressional action to empower detransitioners to receive justice against those who so callously led them down this path.

Background: 

• In December, Senator Marshall introduced landmark legislation, the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act which would protect America’s children from the medical dangers of the radical Left’s transgender agenda. 
• The Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act is a major pillar in Senator Marshall’s fight against the transgender industrial complex that is preying on America’s children. Along with this legislation, Senator Marshall also recently led the Defining Male and Female Act to ensure the legal definition of sex is based on facts, not feelings, which would protect exclusive spaces for women like bathrooms and locker rooms. 
• In November 2024, Senator Marshall brought together a coalition to sound the alarm on the extreme gender ideology war being waged against America’s children and to talk about solutions, including the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act. You may click HERE to watch the event hosted by Senator Marshall.