LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A Democratic state lawmaker took to social media on Tuesday and urged Michigan children to reach out to her office if they want to undergo gender-changing surgery.

Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) urged Michigan children who are confused about their gender to reach out to her office.  Her announcement comes after the University of Michigan stated its health centers would no longer be providing transition surgeries and hormone treatments for minors. “The University of Michigan, including Michigan Medicine, is one of multiple institutions across the country that has received a federal subpoena as part of a criminal and civil investigation into gender-affirming care for minors. In light of that investigation, and given escalating external threats and risks, we will no longer provide gender affirming hormonal therapies and puberty blocker medications for minors.”

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Rep. Rheingans appealed to children and teens in her post. “The grown ups at the University of Michigan hospital…are choosing to stop providing this care because they’re scared of losing millions and millions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid.” She continued, “The care you might want for gender-affirming care is legal in Michigan and its still continuing in a wide variety of places.” She also referred to such services as “safe and effective.”

 

“Gender-affirming care” is a phrase that masks the reality of changing genders. Irreversible hormone treatments, along with full mastectomies for girls and surgical removal of penises for boys fall under “gender-affirming care.”