Rep. Nancy Mace Re-Introduces Bill To Ban Taxpayer-Funded Child Mutilation

(Washington, D.C., September 26, 2025)- Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) reintroduced the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act, legislation to protect children from irreversible gender surgeries and permanently shut off taxpayer dollars for these procedures.

This legislation makes it a federal crime to knowingly perform or attempt gender-related medical experiments on minors, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison. The bill also permanently cuts off Medicare coverage, bans providers who perform these procedures from participating in Medicare, and blocks federal funds from subsidizing these procedures or health plans covering them.

"A 16-year-old can't buy a pack of cigarettes, but the Left thinks they can consent to chemical castration," said Congresswoman Mace."No taxpayer dollars for child mutilation. No free passes for doctors who profit off it. No more loopholes for the radical Left to exploit our kids. Protecting children is the line in the sand. Cross it, and you'll pay the price."

This legislation builds on President Trump's executive order Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation, which prohibits federal funding for gender procedures on minors. Congresswoman Mace's Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Actmakes those protections permanent in law and enforces them with the tough criminal penalties to protect children from abuse.

Key Provisions of the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act:

• Criminal Prohibition: Makes it a federal crime to mutilate children with gender procedures, hitting doctors and activists who push this agenda on kids with steep fines and up to 10 years in prison.
• Medicare Restrictions:Ends Medicare funding for child mutilation and permanently bans providers who perform them from the program.
• Federal Funding Ban: Bans Federal funds from being funneled into child gender procedures, or health plans covering them.
• Exceptions for Medical Necessity:Allows only the narrowest exceptions for minors with legitimate medical disorders of sex development or conditions caused by injury, disease, or prior medical care.

"No parent should be pressured and no doctor should be protected for using kids to advance a political agenda," Mace added."The Left doesn't get to gamble with children's lives. Protecting kids from irreversible harm is a line they will never cross under our watch."

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