Begun, the surgical mutilation of children wars have.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation. The order states in part:

...it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.

Executive orders are, of course, limited, and must eventually be supported by legislation. To that end, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is reintroducing his "Protecting Kids from Child Abuse Act." The senator made the announcement on X.

.@realDonaldTrump latest executive order directs the Attorney General to work w/ Congress to protect children from transgender surgeries that mutilate their bodies. Today I will reintroduce my legislation to allow victims of these surgeries to SUE the doctors who harmed them

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 29, 2025

My colleague Streiff broke the news of President Trump's executive order on Tuesday.

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Sen. Hawley also released a statement on his official Senate website. That statement reads in part:

The Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse Act would:

Create a private right of action for individuals who were harmed by a gender-transition procedure performed on them when they were minors.

• The following individuals and entities would be liable for damages: a pediatric gender clinic where the procedure was performed; a medical practitioner who performed the procedure or was employed by the clinic; and a university or hospital that is affiliated with the clinic.
• Prohibit federal funding to any pediatric gender clinic, to any university or hospital that is affiliated with a pediatric gender clinic, and for any gender-transition procedure performed on minors.

(Presumably) competent adults, of course, are free to do as they please.

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"Creating a private right of action," it seems, means that victims of irreversible treatments or surgeries while underage can pursue legal recourse against health care providers who conducted the treatments. This bill, should it pass the House and Senate and be signed by President Trump - that last part is as near a certainty as you'll find in politics - would enshrine most of President Trump's EO into law.

This seems like a no-brainer, a policy statement that should be enshrined in the hallowed halls of the Museum of the Mind-Numbingly Obvious. But the fact is that the rise of "transgenderism" has made it necessary, especially where children are concerned. There is a reason we don't allow children to make certain decisions; they lack the maturity, the experience, and the wisdom to do so. That's why we don't let children sign contracts, or buy alcohol, tobacco, or firearms. We don't let them sign consent for medical treatments, even as something as minor as filling a cavity; we don't let them get tattoos. We sure shouldn't allow them to get harmful, permanent, life-changing, and sterilizing treatments and procedures that will require them to have medical intervention for the rest of their lives.

We don't allow children to make medical decisions because they cannot give fully informed consent. But mention that the kid is "transgender" and the left expects us to tiptoe quietly away. Well, thanks to President Trump and Senator Hawley, we aren't doing that anymore.

You can read Sen. Hawley's bill in its entirety here.