新规则将于10月13日生效，为正在接受性别烦躁治疗的儿童设置了六个月的过渡期
作者：路易斯·卡西阿诺 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年8月13日美国东部时间早上6:00
卫生部助理部长克里斯汀称，联邦政府禁止为未成年人提供性别转换资金的举措方向正确
海军上将布莱恩·克里斯汀拒绝使用阉割类药物、跨性别激素或“致残性手术”来治疗性别烦躁。
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【独家】 美国卫生与公众服务部助理部长、海军上将布莱恩·克里斯汀表示，治疗未成年人性别烦躁应采用心理健康咨询和同情式护理，而非使用激素阻断剂和“致残性手术”，这些手段可能带来长期且不可逆的后果。
克里斯汀是一名泌尿科医生，负责监督HHS内的公共卫生办公室和项目，并领导美国公共卫生服务委任军团。他公开支持特朗普政府周二宣布的一项新规则，该规则将禁止医疗补助计划和儿童健康保险计划（CHIP）为未成年人治疗性别烦躁提供青春期阻断剂、激素疗法和手术资金。
“性别烦躁无疑是一种真实的病症。确实有一些儿童、一些未成年人患有这种疾病，”克里斯汀告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“过去，这一比例极低。但我们现在看到，这已经演变成了一种社会传染现象。换句话说，如今被诊断为性别烦躁的儿童数量大幅增加，这无法用简单的流行病学来解释。”
克里斯汀表示，医疗专业人员都知道，绝大多数被诊断为性别烦躁的未成年人，如果能获得称职且充满同情心的咨询服务，症状会逐渐消失。
医疗补助计划终止对儿童变性手术的资助，特朗普政府抨击“实验性”治疗
美国卫生与公众服务部助理部长、海军上将布莱恩·克里斯汀在内布拉斯加大学医学中心校区戴维斯全球中心的新闻发布会上发言。克里斯汀支持特朗普政府阻止医疗补助计划和CHIP为未成年人提供性别转换治疗资金的举措。（盖蒂图片社）
“我们绝对不能进行这类治疗……我们称之为‘拒绝性别的手术’，也就是使用阉割类药物、跨性别激素或致残性手术来永久改变他们的身体，进而可能引发终身并发症，”他说。
特朗普政府实施的这项规则意味着，医疗补助计划和CHIP将不再为儿科性别治疗提供财政支持，但不会直接禁止这些手术。
“通过切断为这些‘拒绝性别的手术’提供的联邦资金，我们遵循了科学原则，节省了纳税人的钱，最重要的是，保护儿童免受潜在的不可逆伤害，让他们能够真正茁壮成长，”美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）主任穆罕默德·奥兹博士在周二的一份声明中表示。
科罗拉多州最高法院下令儿童医院恢复对未成年人的性别转换治疗
2026年2月5日，华盛顿特区白宫南庭院礼堂举行的药品定价活动上，唐纳德·特朗普总统发表讲话，美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心主任穆罕默德·奥兹在一旁观看。特朗普已指示奥兹暂停为未成年人的变性手术提供医疗补助资金。（内森·霍华德/盖蒂图片社）
克里斯汀表示，到目前为止，科学研究并不支持对儿童实施“拒绝性别的”手术。
“科学支持什么？心理健康护理和充满同情心的咨询，”他说。
在周二的Truth Social帖子中，唐纳德·特朗普总统将未成年人的变性手术和激素注射称为“野蛮行为”。
“我们不会让纳税人的钱用于让无辜的儿童接受这些野蛮的手术和操作，这些做法会对他们稚嫩的身体造成难以想象的、不可逆的伤害，”他写道。
美国最大儿童医院与特朗普司法部和州政府达成1000万美元和解后，将开设“ detransition（逆转治疗）诊所”
与许多左翼人士不同，克里斯汀使用“矫正性护理”一词，将帮助未成年人摆脱性别烦躁的治疗，与支持医疗干预的批评者所用的术语区分开来。
“左翼人士的说法是‘性别确认护理’。但我可以明确告诉你，致残性手术和阉割类药物根本无法确认任何东西，”他说。“绝对不行。它们是有害的。”
根据健康政策组织KFF的数据，已有27个州制定了针对未成年人“性别确认护理”的限制措施。
根据将于10月13日生效的规则，正在接受激素阻断剂和其他药物治疗的儿童将逐步停药，而非强制突然中断，克里斯汀表示。CMS称，对于目前正在接受激素治疗的儿童，联邦资金将提供六个月的过渡期。
克里斯汀表示，从历史上看，性别烦躁在成年男性中的比例极低，他称这一“真实诊断”已经被意识形态目的所劫持。
“如今，未成年人的数量大幅增加，更重要的是年轻女孩，而过去几乎从未出现过这种情况。历史上，这类病例主要出现在成年男性身上，”他说。
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“我们看到的是这种转变，这种社会传染现象，我认为那些完全遵循性别意识形态的空想家们会说，小男孩可以变成小女孩，小女孩可以变成小男孩，两性之间没有任何区别，”他补充道。“这完全是错误的。”
路易斯·卡西阿诺是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者。新闻线索可发送至louis.casiano@fox.com。
HHS official warns of irreversible risks as Trump admin restricts funding for youth gender procedures
New rule takes effect October 13 and includes a six-month tapering period for children currently on gender dysphoria treatments
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Assistant Health Sec. Christine calls federal funding ban on gender transition for minors move in right direction
Adm. Brian Christine rejects using castrating chemicals, cross-sex hormones or “mutilating surgeries” to treat gender dysphoria.
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EXCLUSIVE – Efforts to treat gender dysphoria among minors should be utilized with mental health counseling and compassionate care, not with hormone blockers and “mutilating surgeries” that can potentially have long-term and irreversible ramifications, said Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Adm. Brian Christine.
Christine, a urologist who oversees public health offices and programs within HHS and leads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, came out in support of the Trump administration’s Tuesday announcement of a new rule that will bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from funding puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to treat gender dysphoria in minors.
“Gender dysphoria is certainly a real condition. There are some children who have gender dysphoria, some minors who have that,” Christine told Fox News Digital. “Now, in the past, it’s been an incredibly small percentage. And what we’ve seen is this has really turned into a social contagion. In other words, where there’s so many more kids being diagnosed with gender dysphoria, that’s not really explained by simple epidemiology.”
What medical professionals know, Christine said, is that the vast majority of minors who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria will move beyond it if they are provided with competent, compassionate counseling.
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Admiral Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a press conference at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. Christine supports the Trump administration’s efforts to block Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender transition treatments for minors.(Getty Images)
“What you don’t want to do is carry out treatments… we refer to them as sex-rejecting procedures, where you’re using castrating chemicals or cross-sex hormones or mutilating surgeries to permanently change their bodies and give them potentially life-long complications that can happen,” he said.
The rule being implemented by the Trump administration means Medicaid and CHIP will no longer financially support pediatric gender treatments. It doesn’t ban the procedures.
“By cutting off federal funds for these sex-rejecting procedures, we’re following the science, saving taxpayer dollars, and, most importantly, protecting children from potentially irreversible harm so they can truly flourish,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a Tuesday statement.
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President Donald Trump speaks as Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz looks on during an event on drug pricing in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on February 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Trump has directed Oz to halt Medicaid funding for gender transition surgeries for minors.(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
So far, the science doesn’t support “sex-rejecting” procedures on children, Christine said.
“What does the science support? Mental health care, compassionate counseling,” he said.
In a Tuesday Truth Social post, President Donald Trump called gender transition surgeries and the providing of hormones for minors “barbaric.”
“We are not going to pay for our innocent children to undergo these barbaric surgeries and practices, which result in unthinkable and irreversible harm to their young bodies,” he wrote.
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In opposition to many on the left, Christine uses the term “corrective care” to differentiate between helping minors move past gender dysphoria and the language used by critics who support medical treatments.
“The term from the left is gender-affirming care. I can tell you that mutilating surgeries and castrating chemicals affirm nothing,” he said. “Absolutely not. They are harmful.”
Twenty-seven states have enacted restrictions on “gender-affirming care” for minors, according to KFF, a health policy group.
According to the rule, which takes effect on Oct. 13, children being treated with hormone blockers and other drugs will be transitioned off instead of being forced to quit cold turkey, Christine said. The federal funding will be available for a tapering off period of six months for children currently on hormone therapy, CMS said.
Historically, gender dysphoria has involved a very small percentage of adult males, said Christine, who called it a “true diagnosis” that has been hijacked for ideological purposes.
“Now you have dramatic numbers of minors, and more importantly, young girls, when you virtually never saw that in the past. Again, adult men, that’s been the history,” he said.
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“What you’ve seen is this transition, this social contagion, and I believe individuals who are complete ideologues who follow the gender ideology who say little boys can be little girls and little girls can be little boys and there’s no differences between the sexes,” he added. “That’s completely wrong.”
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.