Trump Executive Orders Bars Student Loan Forgiveness to Providers of Child Sex Changes

Last week, the Trump administration took another step toward disincentivizing the harmful practice of so-called “gender-affirming care.”

In an executive order, President Trump directed Department of Education officials to exclude “individuals employed by organizations whose activities have a substantial illegal purpose” from public service loan forgiveness.

Per the order, “substantial illegal purpose” includes actions such as “the chemical and surgical castration or mutilation of children or the trafficking of children to so-called transgender sanctuary States for purposes of emancipation from their lawful parents.”

This means that individuals who work at organizations performing child sex changes are not eligible for student loan forgiveness.

Enabling student loan forgiveness for these individuals is a roundabout, indirect subsidy for the practice of so-called “gender-affirming care,” and a boon to the organizations performing these procedures.

Taxpayers should not be on the hook for harmful medical interventions that are not supported by scientific evidence.

This action follows on the heels of a January executive order halting taxpayer funding of these procedures through federal grants and health benefit programs, and directing federal agencies to take appropriate action to restrict access to child sex change interventions.

The January order, which is currently being challenged in the courts, also directed the Department of Justice to “prioritize investigations and take appropriate action to end deception of consumers” relating to the long-term effects of transition drugs and procedures.