First on Fox:  R-Kan., is introducing new legislation to make part of President Donald Trump’s  banning the use of federal funds for transgender surgical procedures permanent, ensuring it remains in effect long after he leaves office.

Marshall's End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act will prohibit the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.

"Everyone knows that President Trump likes to be very clear with his opponents. He's a guy who really likes to threaten people, and no one wants to be threatened," Marshall said. "The next president could make that policy go away, and that would be really bad, and that's why we need this legislation to make it permanent."



Sen. Roger Marshall's legislation would codify the substance of a Trump executive order banning gender transition procedures on minors at federal facilities. (Ting Shen)

Marshall's bill would outlaw  facilities, physicians, and providers from providing gender transition procedures. Exceptions to the ban include individuals born with medically verifiable sex-development disorders. Treatments for complications arising from gender transition procedures, regardless of the legality of the original procedure, are also allowed.

The bill would cut off federal funding for sex change surgeries for currently serving military or veterans, as well for civilians through Medicare and Medicaid, Marshall said.

"Probably about a third of transgender folks are on Medicaid right now, which would be federal taxpayer dollars, so I think this is a big deal. This is a lot of people," Marshall said.  probably is spending $2 or $3 million a year on this particular treatment as well. I don't think that Americans want federal taxpayer dollars used for this purpose."

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A student leads a group of demonstrators in Knoxville, Tennessee, in protest of the state’s 2022 transgender athlete ban. (Saul Young/Knoxville News-Sentinel /USA Today)





Tree Crane, 17, poses for a photograph following a rally where hundreds gathered in support of transgender youth at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (Rick Bowmer)

 are so dug in, they just won't give an inch on this particular issue," Marshall said, referring to elected Democratic Party leaders.

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The bill is co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Jim Risch of Idaho, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Tim Sheehy of Montana, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Jim Banks of Indiana, and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., will introduce the companion legislation in the House.
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