Fox News host Greg Gutfeld delivered a fiery takedown of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Democratic Party over their support for so-called gender-affirming care. Speaking on The Five, Gutfeld said Democrats deserve to live in purgatory for pushing these dangerous policies on American children. His words hit home for millions of parents who are sick of radical leftist politics targeting their kids.
Pritzker has made Illinois a safe haven for transgender procedures on minors, even welcoming kids from other states. The Democratic governor signed laws that make it easier for children to get life-changing medical treatments without proper oversight. This is what happens when woke politicians put ideology before the safety of our children. Illinois has become ground zero for the transgender industry.
The treatments Democrats call gender-affirming care are really experimental procedures with serious risks. These include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and even surgeries that permanently change young bodies. Many of these treatments are not medically necessary and are essentially cosmetic procedures being performed on confused children. The long-term effects are often unknown and potentially devastating.
The medical standards for these treatments come mainly from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, known as WPATH. But leaked documents show this organization lacks scientific integrity and pushes arbitrary medical practices. Even Biden administration officials pressured WPATH to remove age limits from surgical recommendations to avoid political backlash. Politics should never drive medical decisions for our kids.
Hospitals across America are finally starting to wake up and end these risky treatments for minors. Major medical centers are stopping gender-affirming care programs as more evidence shows the dangers. Groups of doctors are raising serious concerns about the considerable uncertainty surrounding these procedures. The medical establishment is slowly admitting what parents have known all along.
This is about protecting children from irreversible decisions they cannot fully understand. Kids going through normal adolescent confusion should not be fast-tracked into medical treatments that could destroy their future. Parents have the right to guide their children without government interference or pressure from woke activists. Our kids deserve better than being used as pawns in a political game.
Democrats like Pritzker are more interested in virtue signaling to their radical base than protecting vulnerable children. They push these policies because it makes them look progressive to Hollywood elites and left-wing donors. Meanwhile, real families suffer as their children become victims of this dangerous ideology. The Democratic Party has lost its way and abandoned basic common sense.
Gutfeld is right to call out this madness, and more Americans need to speak up. We cannot let radical Democrats experiment on our children in the name of progress. Every parent, every grandparent, every American who cares about kids must stand up to this insanity. The time for silence is over, and the fight for our children’s future starts now.
