President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to restrict "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures for minors.&nbsp;

"Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions," the order states. &nbsp;"This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end."

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The order said the United States will not 'fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition" of a child from one sex to another'{ai:summary}President Donald Trump signed an executive order to limit "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures for minors, asserting that such interventions are harmful and irreversible. He described the trend as a dangerous practice that could tarnish the nation's history.#society

Trump signs executive order restricting 'chemical and surgical' sex-change procedures for minors

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