Latest NewsHHS Acts to Bar Hospitals from Performing Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Children CoreyDecember 21, 2025 he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a series of proposed regulatory actions to carry out President Trump’s Executive Order directing HHS to end the practice of sex-rejecting procedures on children that expose young people to irreversible harm. These procedures include pharmaceutical or surgical interventions of specified types that attempt to align a child’s physical appearance or body with an asserted identity different from their sex. HealthcareReproductive rightsTransgender RightsTrumpUnited States