Do No Harm Applauds HHS Rule Barring Hospitals That Perform Transgender Procedures on Minors from Receiving Federal Funds 

RICHMOND, VA; December 18, 2025 – Today, Do No Harm, a medical watchdog group dedicated to removing identity politics from medicine, issued a statement supporting the Department of Health and Human Services’ latest efforts to protect children from gender ideology. These include a proposed rule to bar hospitals from performing transgender procedures on minors as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. 

“President Trump and HHS are taking another critical step to protect children from harmful gender ideology. The proposed rule – banning hospitals from performing sex change interventions on minors as a condition for Medicare and Medicaid participation – is common sense, evidence-based, and morally imperative,” said Do No Harm Chairman Stanley Goldfarb, MD. “Many so-called gender clinics have already begun to close as the truth about the risks and long-term harms about these drugs and surgeries on minors have been exposed. Now, hospitals that receive taxpayer funds from these federal programs must follow suit. Do No Harm will continue to be a source for sound science and expertise to support this rule-making process and ensure American taxpayer dollars do not fund sex-change operations on minors. This is just the beginning, but it marks a major step toward delivering a crippling blow to the child transgender industry.” 

Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. It has over 50,000 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and 14 countries.