Dr. Rachel Levine (left) and Rand Paul (right) At a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 24, former Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine was repeatedly asked by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about whether she supports treating gender dysphoria in children. Paul repeatedly equates gender dysphoria treatments, like receiving hormones, with “genital mutilation . Then he asked Levine if minors are capable of making the decision to transition. Later on, Paul asked Levine, as part of one question, whether she supports the “government intervening to override the parents consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and/or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia?”
Former judge Merrick Garland, who was nominated by President Joe Biden to lead the Justice Department, seemed to say "I don't know" a lot at his Senate confirmation hearing, including when asked about illegal immigration. Senators questioned.
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