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    The letter from three members of Congress expresses concern over a report that DOD medical providers are advocating for puberty suppression and hormone treatment for children as young as 7 years old. The members argue this amounts to chemical castration of children and threatens America's moral authority. They ask the Secretary of Defense to respond whether the doctors involved have been fired, if the Biden administration agrees 7-year-olds can make such decisions, and if DOD will use funds for gender transition procedures on minors. The members question if DOD believes hormone treatment is reversible and what science supports that view.

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    The letter from three members of Congress expresses concern over a report that DOD medical providers are advocating for puberty suppression and hormone treatment for children as young as 7 years old. The members argue this amounts to chemical castration of children and threatens America's moral authority. They ask the Secretary of Defense to respond whether the doctors involved have been fired, if the Biden administration agrees 7-year-olds can make such decisions, and if DOD will use funds for gender transition procedures on minors. The members question if DOD believes hormone treatment is reversible and what science supports that view.

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    March 28, 2023

    The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin, III


    Secretary of Defense
    1000 Defense Pentagon
    Washington, DC 20301-1000

    Secretary Austin:

    America is the leader of the free world because we stand for universal human values, including
    the defense of children. Our moral authority comes from standing on the side of good in the
    historical conflict between good and evil.

    As the co-chairs of the Congressional Family Caucus, we were shocked to read a report that the
    Department of Defense (DOD) medical providers are advocating for “puberty suppression and
    affirming hormones,” which amounts to chemical castration, for children as young as seven
    years old.1 DOD medical providers went as far as saying that “children can begin participating in
    their medical decision-making as early as age seven years.”2

    If DOD advocates for the chemical castration of 7-year-old children to further a radical leftwing
    political agenda, we lose our moral standing in the world. The nations and people caught in the
    middle of the 21st Century struggle between American dominance or Chinese dominance will
    view us as morally lost. You have led one of the greatest recruitment and retention crises in the
    history of our military because you have forced our armed forces to embrace woke politics ahead
    of their mission to defend our nation.

    Please respond to the following:

    1. Have you fired David A. Klein, Thomas Baxter, Noelle S. Larson, and Natasha A.
    Schvey for demanding the chemical castration of 7-year-old children? If not, why not?
    Please note that Klein, Schvey and Baxter work at Travis Air Force Base in California
    and Larson works at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
    2. Does the Biden Administration agree with the doctors that a 7-year-old can make
    decisions about life-changing hormone injections?
    3. Will DOD use taxpayer funds to perform “gender transition” procedures on minors as
    requested by these doctors?

    1
    “Pentagon Doctors Claim 7-year-olds Can Make Decisions to be Injected with Hormones, Puberty Suppressants,” Report by
    Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 22 March 2023.
    2
    “Caring for Military-Affiliated Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youths: A Call for Protections,” David A. Klein, MD, MPH,
    Natasha A. Schvey, PhD, Thomas A. Baxter, DO, Noelle S. Larson, MD, and Christina M. Roberts, MD, MPH, American
    Journal of Public Health, March 2023.
    4. Does DOD believe that hormone treatment is reversible? If so, what science is DOD
    relying upon?

    Please respond in writing to these questions and requests no later than two weeks after the date
    of this letter.

    Sincerely,

    Mary E. Miller Diana Harshbarger Brian Babin


    Member of Congress Member of Congress Member of Congress

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