Rachel Levine, that's Biden pic to be one of the top assistant secretaries at HHS was grilled on Capitol Hill yesterday. But it was one exchange that caused a firestorm. Dr. Levine, you have supported both allowing minors to be given hormone blockers to prevent them from going through puberty, as well as surgical destruction of a minor's genitalium. Like surgical mutilation hormonal interruption of puberty can permanently alter and prevent secondary sexual characteristics. The American College of Pediatricians reports that 80 percent to 95 percent of pre-pubertal children with gender dysphoria will experience resolution by late adolescence, if not exposed to medical intervention and social affirmation. Dr. Levine, do you believe that minors are capable of making such a life changing decision is changing one sex? Well, Senator, thank you for your interest in this question. Transgender medicine is a very complex and nuanced field.
Let's be a little more specific since you evaded the question. Do you support the government intervening to override the parent's consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross sex hormones and or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia? If confirmed to the position of Assistant Secretary of Health, I would certainly be pleased to come to your office and to talk with you and your staff about the standards of care and the complexity of this field. Let it go into the record that the witness refused to answer the question. I find it ironic that the left that went nuts over hydroxy chloroquine being used possibly for COVID are not alarmed that these hormones are being used off label. Now, for that perfectly reasonable logical, scientifically accurate line of questioning. Senator Rand Paul became public enemy number one over at the other cable.
