‘Long Overdue’: House Republicans Vote To End Federal Funding For Transgender Procedures

The Trump-backed “big, beautiful bill” House Republicans passed early Thursday will prohibit all federal funding for transgender procedures on both children and adults if signed into law.

During a marathon nighttime session, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) successfully expanded a provision banning funding for transgender procedures for kids to include adults as well. Due to Crenshaw’s amendment, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will no longer cover life-altering and dangerous transgender medical procedures.

“The Crenshaw Amendment will become law — and it’s long overdue,” the Texas Republican told The Daily Wire. “Gender transition procedures are the lobotomy of our generation. So-called ‘gender-affirming care’ isn’t healthcare—it’s fringe science with no proven benefit and massive risks.”

The provision was secured by an amendment to Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act, prohibiting funding for medically unnecessary procedures. This would mean funding would no longer go toward things like removing the breasts of women who identify as men or crafting pseudo male or female genitalia for transgender-identifying individuals.

Last week, Crenshaw introduced a provision banning the funding of the procedures on kids into the House Energy and Commerce Committee budget bill that it sent to the House Budget Committee. That provision alone would have saved $1.4 billion in taxpayer dollars, The Daily Signal reported last week.

The full House passed the budget bill 215-214 Thursday morning, including Crenshaw’s transgender funding ban for both kids and adults. President Donald Trump has cited the ban on funding of child transgender procedures as one of the reasons for Republicans to back the bill.

Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) has pushed for a similar provision to end all taxpayer funding of transgender procedures.

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Crenshaw also secured reimbursements for Texas and other border states that have borne the brunt of the illegal immigration under former President Joe Biden, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults to be eligible for Medicaid, with exceptions for disabled people or pregnant women.

Social conservatives also picked up another major win with the advancement of the budget bill, as it would end Medicaid funding for abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, celebrated the passage of the bill.

“The One, Big, Beautiful Bill that passed the House will end taxpayer funding for gender transition surgeries, defund Planned Parenthood and increase the Child Tax Credit – all are monumental wins for our great nation,” Schilling said. “Now it is time for the Senate to get this bill across the finish line so we can Make Families Great Again.”