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Trump Faces Republican Criticism Before Change To Transgender Children Post
President Trump removed parental-consent language from a Truth Social post promoting the SAVE America Act after conservative backlash, reflecting intra-GOP disputes on transgender surgery policies.
- Thursday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social promoting the SAVE America Act that included a parental-consent clause for gender-affirming surgery for minors, then deleted the post later that day.
- Prominent right-wing commentators reacted swiftly as conservative commentators and activists blasted the parental-consent wording Thursday, with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Walsh leading criticism.
- At 10:39 a.m. ET, the five-point Truth Social post appeared bundling voting restrictions with an anti-trans point, then was edited hours later after criticism from conservatives like Greene and Walsh.
- Conservative allies said the president was forced to alter the post amid huge backlash, highlighting GOP tensions over anti-trans policy and the Trump administration's broader LGBTQ+ policy actions.
- In January, Trump signed Protecting Children From Chemical And Surgical Mutilation, restricting care for trans youth under 19, while the Protect Children’s Innocence Act would criminalize care for under-18s and WPATH notes surgeries for minors are rare and require age of majority.
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Trump revises post after backlash to delete transgender ‘mutilation’ OK if parents consent
A SAVE America Act post raised questions when the fifth point stated gender transitions for minors are acceptable with parents' approval before it was changed to 'NO TRANSGENDER MUTILATION SURGERY FOR CHILDREN.'
Trump deletes post backing gender-affirming surgery for trans kids after backlash
US President Donald Trump has appeared to backtrack on a recent social media post about gender-affirming surgery for trans kids after conservative backlash. On Thursday (5 March), the now-deleted Truth Social post was promoting the ‘SAVE America Act’. Trump outlined five points, the last outlining he’d back gender-affirming surgery with “the express written approval of the parents.” The fifth bullet point reads: “NO TRANSGENDER MUTILATION SURGE…
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