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Republicans Want To Investigate Rachel Levine And The WPATH Rabbit Hole

Just in time for an election. How far down will they look?

Aug 28, 2024
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The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability “is investigating allegations of political interference by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in third-party medical organization recommendations,” according to a letter released by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Michigan), chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services.

“The Biden Administration’s advocacy for expanding the pool of vulnerable children subjected to life-altering procedures they may later regret is reprehensible,” the letter says. Emails revealed in litigation over Alabama’s ban on pediatric ‘gender medicine’ and reported in The New York Times show “this advocacy was for political advantage” to appease “extremist elements” of the rainbow left.

Emails show that transgender HHS deputy secretary Rachel Levine was “very eager” for new third-party guidelines to serve the “health policies of the Biden government.” As a result of this direct pressure, the World Professional Association of Transge…

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