Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) has reintroduced the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act, a bill that aims to make it a federal crime to perform or attempt gender-related medical procedures on minors. The legislation also seeks to permanently block taxpayer dollars from funding these procedures.
If passed, the bill would impose penalties of up to 10 years in prison for those who knowingly conduct such medical interventions on children. It would also cut off Medicare coverage for these procedures and ban providers who perform them from participating in Medicare. Additionally, the bill would prevent any federal funds from subsidizing these procedures or health plans that cover them.
“A 16-year-old can’t buy a pack of cigarettes, but the Left thinks they can consent to chemical castration,” said Congresswoman Mace. “No taxpayer dollars for child mutilation. No free passes for doctors who profit off it. No more loopholes for the radical Left to exploit our kids. Protecting children is the line in the sand. Cross it, and you’ll pay the price.”
The proposed legislation builds on an executive order by former President Trump that prohibited federal funding for gender procedures on minors. Mace’s bill seeks to make those protections permanent by enacting them into law and adding criminal penalties.
Key provisions of the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Act include making it a federal crime to perform gender-related procedures on minors, ending Medicare funding for such practices, banning providers involved from Medicare participation, and prohibiting federal funds from supporting these treatments or related health plans. The act allows exceptions only in cases where minors have legitimate medical disorders of sex development or conditions caused by injury, disease, or prior medical care.
“No parent should be pressured and no doctor should be protected for using kids to advance a political agenda,” Mace added. “The Left doesn’t get to gamble with children’s lives. Protecting kids from irreversible harm is a line they will never cross under our watch.”
Nancy Mace has represented South Carolina’s 1st district in Congress since 2021 after succeeding Joe Cunningham [source]. She previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives between 2018 and 2020 [source]. Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1977, she currently resides in Charleston [source] and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from The Citadel in 1999.
