Biden-Harris Admin Sued For Records On Trans Surgeries On Minors

Judicial Watch is suing the Biden-Harris administration in order to receive documents on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) promotion of transgender sex change operations for minors.

The suit comes after Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in early July requesting documents pertaining to HHS Assistant Secretary Admiral Rachel Levine’s involvement in pressuring a health organization to drop age requirements for sex change procedures. HHS failed to respond to the FOIA request, Judicial Watch says.

“Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,” the organization stated in a press release, adding that the suit seeks “all records of communications of Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine regarding pressure put on an international group of medical experts to remove age limit guidelines on transgender procedures.”

“Biden-Harris appointee Admiral Levine, who abused power and is notorious for promoting transgender extremist policies, promoted mutilating surgeries for minors,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton contended. “It is no wonder the Biden-Harris administration wants to cover this up with unlawful secrecy. Judicial Watch’s lawsuit to expose the truth is urgently needed to protect children.”

The lawsuit to procure the documents comes after The Daily Wire reported that Levine, a man who identifies as a woman, met with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), and urged the organization to drop age requirements from its standards of care document.

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One member of Levine’s staff warned WPATH that age requirements could contribute to “devastating legislation for trans care,” going on to say that Levine “wonders if the specific ages can be taken out.”

Another email, this one from WPATH, thanked Levine for meeting with the organization and explained that it decided to remove the age requirements upon the transgender government official’s request.

“We heard your comments regarding the minimal age criteria… Consequently, we have made changes to the SOC8 in this respect… They are now not a recommendation from the SOC-8 anymore,” the email reads.

“Assistant Secretary Levine … influence[d] the substantive content of SOC-8 [Standards of Care], based on political goals rather than science,” Psychologist Dr. James Cantor said while providing testimony during legal proceedings that uncovered communications between the HHS official and WPATH. “Specifically, Assistant Secretary Levine, through a staff member, pressured WPATH to remove recommended minimum ages for medical transition treatments from SOC-8.”

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, the Chairman of Do No Harm, similarly criticized Levine, also tearing into WPATH for prioritizing politics over health.

“The collusion between WPATH and the administration through Rachel Levine is turning into one of the most disturbing medical scandals of this generation,” Goldfarb told The Daily Wire after the relationship between Levine and WPATH became public. “These documents reveal WPATH knowingly put political considerations over the health and safety of children, destroying what little credibility they once had. This behavior violates the oath we all take as doctors.”