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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I would like to rise and talk about the STOP Act, Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors—Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors, the STOP Act.
Now, I wish we didn't have to introduce this bill. You know, as I pointed out earlier, I got to deliver over 5,000 babies. I just took care of countless adolescent girls, young women as well. So this is a group of patients that I think I understand pretty well and the challenges in their lives. And I certainly understand what irreversible medical interventions do when applied too early, without the maturity for this young lady to understand the consequences. In many cases, the parents don't understand the consequences, and in other cases, the parents may not even know this is going on.
puberty blockers. So it keeps a boy from becoming a man. It keeps a girl from becoming a woman. And we will leave it that simple. There are medications out there that delay puberty, and, by the way, they have significant consequences and complications as well.
irreversible. Once a woman starts growing a beard, even though she stops a hormone, chances are that beard is going to continue. If it has caused her to have male baldness, that is probably likely to never return to normal as well.
And, of course, these surgeries are irreversible. They are permanent. They are painful. They cause chronic scar tissue and chronic pain, and, of course, it means they are infertile for the rest of their lives.
Well, so how big of a problem is this? Why are Republicans concerned about it? Well, under extreme pressure, 14,000 minors—14,000 minors— have been manipulated into undergoing life-altering sex-change procedures that leave them, as I said earlier, maimed, sterilized, and psychologically damaged.
And my heart pours out to these young men and women. I can't imagine the challenges they go through. And we want to get them the help and the support that they need as well. But these irreversible surgeries and medications are not the answer. Instead they are going to complicate the situation.
medications—it is not medicine; it is not caution. In fact, these actions are not medical care. They are child abuse.
Think about it. Think about it. Who can argue with me that this isn't child abuse? And, sadly, I think when the history books are written, hundreds of years from now, this may be the darkest chapter in the history of medicine.
Minors Act—simply restores a basic standard. Children should not undergo irreversible procedures they cannot fully comprehend and can't undo. It holds providers accountable and ensures there are real consequences when that line is crossed.
organizations that have bravely stepped forward to support us: the Students for Life of America, the American Principles Project, and the Religious Liberty Commission. And I know there are others. So thank you for that support. Thank you for caring about children and young adults.
So we owe them that protection. We owe our youngsters, our young adults this protection. And I urge our colleagues to support our STOP Act.
I yield the floor.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana.
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, please vote for my S. Res. 526.
I also ask that the vote on S. Res. 526 begin immediately.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from California.