Sen Hawley warns it would be ‘unconscionable’ if billions of taxpayer funds flow to trans kids’ sex changes
A FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., calls the Speaker of the House mike johnsonR-La., will immediately block taxpayer funding for gender reassignment treatment for minors and warn that billions of federal dollars could soon flow to providers like Planned Parenthood.
In a letter to Johnson on Thursday afternoon, Hawley emphasized that “time is of the essence.” federal ban on taxpayer payments Regulations for abortion and “trans-treatment” providers will expire on July 4.
Hawley’s last attempt to pass a similar ban in the Senate was rejected Wednesday night, placing the blame squarely on the House of Representatives.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
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“If House doesn’t act immediately As part of the settlement, billions of Federal dollars will go to Planned Parenthood and other medical ‘providers’ for hormones, puberty blockers and irreversible treatments for young children,” Hawley wrote, calling the possibility “implausible.”
Hawley warns of billions of dollars potentially emerging Referred from Medicaid.
Hawley called the idea of federally funding gender reassignment in children “preposterous.”
Citing an estimate from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the senator noted: Only Planned Parenthood received More than $1.5 billion in Medicare and Medicaid funds between 2019 and 2021.
Hawley also cited a new study from Concerned Women for America; This study found an increase of more than 40%. gender reassignment treatment and Related services at Planned Parenthood clinics.
Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court in Washington DC
He argued that the organization was “positioned”. Strengthen the transgender agenda demands that Johnson act without delay or hesitation” by taking taxpayer funds away from the elderly and people in need.
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If passed, the budget amendment introduced by Hawley on Wednesday would be added to Congress’s budget resolution for fiscal year 2026 and would create a path to cut funding for abortion providers as long as it doesn’t increase the national debt.
Original article source: Sen Hawley warns it would be ‘unconscionable’ to pour billions of taxpayers’ funds into transgender children’s gender reassignment
