Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over political fallout.
Staff for Adm. Rachel Levine, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, urged the World Professional Association for Transgender Health to drop proposed age limits from the groupβs guidelines.
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Allianceβs president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.