06.02.2025 15:03
Argentinian President Javier Milei has signed a decree banning gender transition treatments and surgeries for children under the age of 18.
Argentine President Javier Milei has banned gender transition treatments and surgeries for children in the country.
Argentine President Javier Milei took action to prevent children from changing their gender by signing a new decree. Milei decided to prohibit gender transition treatments and surgeries for children under the age of 18. Additionally, under the decisions made by Milei, prisoners will be placed in prisons according to the gender they were registered with at the time of their offense. However, according to the decree, transgender women convicted of sexual offenses, human trafficking, or violence against women will not be sent to women's prisons.
PROTECTING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH IS THE GOAL
In a statement from the Presidential Office regarding the issue, it was stated, "The excesses of gender ideology and its application to children through coercion or psychological pressure clearly lead to child abuse." Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni expressed in a press conference that, under the decisions made, hormone treatments for gender transition for children have been prohibited. Adorni mentioned that Argentina is following similar decisions made in countries like the UK, Sweden, Finland, and the USA, and that the aim is to protect children's mental health.