Lankford, Lee Introduce Bill to End Federal Funding for Harmful Gender Transition Research on Minors

WASHINGTON, DC - US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mike Lee (R-UT) recently introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act to prohibit the use of federal funds for any research or publication promoting gender transitions for minors. The legislation will shield American children from permanent medical and psychological damage, in line with President Trump's agenda to keep tax dollars from child mutilation.

"God creates every child male or female in His perfect image," said Lankford. "For too long, taxpayers have been forced to fund sex-rejecting studies on kids. The result has been irreversible physical harm, mental health crises, and families torn apart. President Trump has led the effort to shut down these grants across the federal government, and Congress needs to make it permanent. This bill ensures that not one more taxpayer dollar funds research designed to harm children."

"Why is the federal bureaucracy in the child mutilation business?" said Lee. "Americans don't want to pay millions for these disturbing studies where hundreds of kids are experimented on with puberty-blocking drugs. President Trump rightly halted this attack on America's kids. Our bill will codify his agenda to keep federal dollars out of gender transition research involving minors."

Background

Joining Lankford and Lee in co-sponsoring the legislation are Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and it is endorsed by Students for Life Action and the American Principles Project.

The Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act prohibits the use of federal funds for any research, observational study, or publication relating to gender transitions in individuals under the age of 18, which is conducted for the purpose of affirming a minor's asserted identity or perception of his or her sex, if such is incongruent with the minor's biological sex.

You can download the full bill text HERE.

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