The Trump administration's campaign against transgender individuals accelerated with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing over 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics providing gender-affirming care to minors. Bondi declared that medical professionals involved would be held accountable, using terms like "mutilated children" in her statement. This step followed her internal DOJ memo directing investigations into gender-affirming care under various laws. Bondi described this care as "chemical and surgical mutilation," aligning with inflammatory rhetoric characteristic of administration policy. Concerns were raised about breaking DOJ norms by openly discussing ongoing investigations.
"Medical professionals and organizations that mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology will be held accountable by this Department of Justice," Bondi said in a statement.
Bondi warned of a "radical ideological agenda being pushed throughout every aspect of American life." In the memo, Bondi described gender-affirming care as "chemical and surgical mutilation," echoing the inflammatory rhetoric that has become central to Trump administration policy.
The decision to announce a series of subpoenas related to gender-affirming care is "highly unusual." The official explained that publicly discussing investigative steps at such an early stage breaks with DOJ norms, designed to shield investigations from political influence.
This move comes less than three months after Bondi issued an internal DOJ memorandum directing federal prosecutors and civil divisions to investigate providers of gender-affirming care under a sweeping range of laws.
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