White House celebrates end of child sex change programs at hospitals across the country

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke on the closing down of child sex-change treatment centers at hospitals around the country during a press briefing on Thursday, saying that President Donald Trump "wants to protect the innocence of children."

Leavitt said that Trump "was quite surprised by the uptick we are seeing in the embracement by the Democrat Party when it comes to the chemical castration and mutilation of young, innocent bodies. And so the president made it a very early priority to sign very strong executive orders to cut off the funding for any hospital or any medical facility in this country that provides such barbaric procedures."

"And as a result of that strong policy and the president’s strong common-sense position on the issue, we’ve had such an overwhelming response, which is great for children," Leavitt said.
 

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Center for Transyouth Health and Development — closed.

Phoenix Children's Hospital — stopped providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to minors.

Stanford Medicine — ended sex change surgeries for minors.

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— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 17, 2025