The Truth Behind the “Medical Care” Lie
A new Human Rights Watch report claims that banning so-called gender affirming care for minors is “ruining people’s lives.” But when you strip away the activist language and call things what they really are, the entire argument collapses.
What the report calls “care” is not care at all. It’s a collection of life altering, body changing procedures that include sex change surgeries and chemical castration through puberty blockers and cross sex hormones. These are not life saving treatments. They are elective interventions that interfere with a child’s natural development, often leaving permanent scars—physical, emotional, and spiritual.
The Framing Game
Human Rights Watch frames its report as a defense of “medical access.” But the word medical has meaning.
Real medicine restores what is broken, heals what is diseased, and protects life. What HRW calls “gender affirming care” does none of those things. It takes a healthy body and deliberately disrupts it, blocking puberty, altering hormones, or surgically removing healthy tissue.
That’s not medicine. That’s experimentation.
If a doctor performed these procedures on a child outside the context of gender ideology, it would be called malpractice. But because it’s done under the banner of “affirmation,” activists and media outlets rush to protect it with sympathetic headlines and emotional stories designed to make opposition look cruel.
The Study Falls Apart
Once you read the HRW report in ordinary terms, it quickly unravels.
When they say “youth losing access to care,” they mean clinics stopped giving puberty blockers or cross sex hormones, drugs that sterilize and permanently alter a child’s body chemistry.
When they talk about “disrupted healthcare,” they mean a pause on procedures that have no medical necessity and no long term evidence of safety for children.
When they warn that hospitals are “denying treatment,” they’re not talking about refusing to set a broken bone or treat an infection. They’re talking about refusing to inject healthy kids with powerful hormones meant for adults.
By calling those interventions “healthcare,” the report hides the truth behind comforting words. It’s the same tactic used in abortion debates, replacing ugly realities with soothing phrases until people stop thinking critically.
Protecting Children, Not Ideology
The real frontline in this debate isn’t about access to medicine. It’s about whether we, as a society, will protect children from irreversible harm disguised as compassion.
Puberty blockers stop natural development.
Cross sex hormones sterilize.
Sex change surgeries remove healthy organs.
None of these are acts of love or care. They are acts of ideology. Children deserve protection, not chemical or surgical experimentation.
The Language We Use Matters
The words we choose either tell the truth or hide it. When we call these practices medical care, we give them legitimacy they don’t deserve.
That’s why Missouri’s Amendment 3 is so vital. It draws a clear moral and legal line, saying our state will protect children from these harmful procedures, no matter how they’re branded or marketed.
Reject the euphemisms. Speak clearly.
No more “gender affirming care.”
No more “treatment.”
No more hiding behind the language of compassion to justify harm.
What we’re fighting to stop are sex change surgeries for minors and chemical castration. Calling them by their true names is the first step toward ending them for good.
Educating Missouri
Between now and 2026, it’s critical that we educate our friends, families, and neighbors about what’s really happening and why Amendment 3 matters so much.
Too many people have heard only the activist side of this issue. They’ve been told that stopping these procedures is cruel or hateful, when in reality it’s about protecting kids and restoring common sense.
We must share the truth. Talk about it in your churches, your communities, your workplaces, and your homes. Help people understand that “gender affirming care” is a deceptive phrase hiding dangerous, irreversible acts being performed on children. When Missourians see it for what it really is, they’ll stand with us.
Every conversation, every post, and every flyer matters. The children of Missouri are counting on us to speak up.
Vote YES on Amendment 3 in 2026.