The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors.
So-called top surgery performed on a 14-year-old in California in 2015. The most common surgical procedures by far for transgender minors are breast reductions or mastectomies.
Firearms often are not stored safely in U.S. homes, a federal survey found. At the same time, gun-related suicides and injuries to children are on the rise.
A handgun kept in a portable case with biometric fingerprint access. Gun storage practices vary, but in a new survey about half of gun owners with loaded firearms at home did not lock them away.