The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, legislation designed to criminalize so-called “transgender treatments” for minors and impose penalties on medical professionals—and potentially parents—who facilitate irreversible drugs or surgeries on children. Children’s advocacy groups praised the vote as a major step toward safeguarding minors.

The bill passed with near-unanimous Republican support, with three Democrats—Reps. Henry Cuellar (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Vicente Gonzalez (TX)—voting in favor, while four Republicans opposed it. Advocacy groups such as Gays Against Groomers and Libs of TikTok publicly celebrated the outcome.

Terrible. They support Sexually Mutilating and Sterilizing Children.

History will not be kind to these Child Abusers. pic.twitter.com/tussyhPiNg

— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) December 19, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: The US House has just PASSED legislation to CRIMINALIZE transgender surgeries, hormones, and treatments for minors, 216-211

LET’S GO!

Now, it must pass the Senate before heading to 47’s desk

This should NOT be controversial. PROTECT KIDS! pic.twitter.com/HoXNfEAOWt

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 18, 2025

Four Republicans voted against the legislation that would ban children from being mutilated by butchers.

When you see them in this picture, you may think you see four men, but what you really see are four empty shells that have devolved into the primordial sludge of a traitor.… pic.twitter.com/by4i6liLq4

— Eithan Haim MD (@EithanHaim) December 18, 2025

The legislation amends federal criminal law to address what it describes as chemical castration and bodily mutilation of minors, citing growing evidence of long-term harms. A recent Trump–Kennedy HHS report detailed serious risks linked to pediatric medical transition, including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret, and accused leading transgender-health organizations of suppressing unfavorable research.

While the Trump administration has already acted via executive order to restrict puberty blockers and surgeries for minors, this bill would codify those protections into federal law and specify penalties. The measure now faces a steep challenge in the Senate, but supporters view its House passage as a significant move toward long-term child protection.

The title of the bill is the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act;” the yeas were 216, the nays 211. The question is: Why are the 211 American members of Congress who are unwilling to protect our minors?

Washington Blade: Doctors and providers who administer medical treatments for gender dysphoria to patients younger than 18, including hormones and puberty blockers, would be subject to Class 3 felony charges punishable by up to 10 years in prison if the legislation is enacted (Blade).

Catherine Salgado of PJ Media: The Trump administration has already taken action to ban puberty blockers and surgeries for minors, but this bill could solidify the executive order’s requirements as official federal law, and prescribe the specific penalties. It remains to be seen if it can pass the Senate, but the passage of the bill in the House is certainly a step in the right direction toward protecting our children from transgender ideology for years to come (PJ Media).

See how your member of Congress voted: (Congress.gov).

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Senate Democrats Block Women’s Sports Bill

This past Monday night, Senate Democrats blocked the opportunity for Congress to permanently protect women’s sports from men who believe they are women and desire to compete in female categories based on their subjective feelings.

Sponsored by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would have codified the original intent of Title IX, that women should have access to their own athletic and educational opportunities. This is not a bill that should be necessary, but the last several years have proven that it is, thanks in part to the Biden Administration. Their attempted rewrite of Title IX to include “gender identity” into the definition of sex led to school districts and colleges across the nation allowing men who identify as women to compete on women’s sports teams.

Last month, President Trump issued an Executive Order clarifying Title IX, barring men from women’s sports; however,  some schools and states continue to flout the White House’s directive. In Maine, a male high school student won a girls’ pole vaulting state championship, leading to a viral confrontation between Maine Governor Janet Mills and President Trump himself. On March 1 of this year, a man set the nationwide record for highest triple jump mark in high school women’s track and field. This issue is not going away.

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That’s why it is critical for Congress to act to make it the law of the land that women’s sports are for women only. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a similar version of the bill. When given the opportunity in the Senate, every Democrat chose to vote against protecting women.

Unlike the House, where legislation can pass with a simple majority of votes, the Senate rules require legislation to first pass a procedural “cloture” vote before moving to the final vote. That cloture vote requires not a majority but rather 60 votes. With a 53-seat majority, that meant seven democrats needed to vote with their Republican colleagues for the bill to pass. Not a single one of them made that choice…….