Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators at his second confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services that gender-affirming care has “catastrophic” effects on minors.
Sen. Josh Hawley asked Kennedy during Thursday’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing if he would support gender-affirming care. Kennedy then cited a U.K. study that came out last year, adding that it found that this type of care has “catastrophic impacts on children” and that, if confirmed, he would rescind all Biden-era policies that promote gender-affirming care.
“Our people who believe [gender-affirming care] is important, I respect them, we should hear them out. We should debate. We should have a continual conversation,” Kennedy said. “There are also people who believe that it is an atrocity, and they need to be listened to too.”