U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) applauded an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday ending federal funding for the so-called gender-affirming care of minors.

Tuberville said, “We all know by now that so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ is anything but caring.”

“There’s a reason it’s illegal for kids to buy alcohol, a lottery ticket, or join the military. Allowing our young people whose brains aren’t fully developed to undergo a life-altering, irreversible procedure is pure insanity. This isn’t about politics—this is about good and evil. I’m thankful for President Trump’s commonsense leadership to end this barbaric practice in our country once and for all,” he said.

The executive order prohibits the federal government from funding, sponsoring, promoting, assisting or supporting transitioning children to a different gender.

“Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization,” Tuberville said. “Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

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