Federal Trade Commission Sets Sights On Transgender Procedures On Kids

Daily Wire | May 21, 2025
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WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission is setting its sights on the industry pushing transgender medical procedures on minors, documents obtained by The Daily Wire show, a potential major step in the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on radical gender ideology.

The FTC, an agency tasked with protecting American consumers, will hold a day-long workshop in July on transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers, according to an internal memo obtained by The Daily Wire. That’s a likely indicator of the agency’s intentions: the FTC often holds such events before initiating legal action against an industry to gain information, gather evidence, and solicit the input of affected Americans.

“Under the Federal Trade Commission Act, the FTC is provided broad authority to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive trade acts and practices,” the memo reads. “There is now considerable reason to believe that the doctors and medical providers pushing [gender-affirming care] on minors are knowingly deceiving parents by exaggerating [gender-affirming care’s] ‘benefits’ and downplaying its harmful side effects.”

The Trump-appointed chairman of the FTC, Andrew Ferguson, reportedly pitched the president on using the agency to fight “against the trans agenda” before he was selected for the post, according to a document obtained by Punchbowl News in December.

Ferguson believed the FTC could “investigate the doctors, therapists, hospitals, and others who deceptively pushed gender confusion, puberty blockers, hormone replacement, and sex-change surgeries on children and adults while failing to disclose strong evidence that such interventions are not helpful and carry enormous risks,” Punchbowl reported.

The FTC declined to comment for this story. But the leadership, contents, and guests of the proposed workshop — “The Big Lie: The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors” — strongly indicate that the commission plans to make good on those promises.

The memo obtained by The Daily Wire was authored by FTC senior policy advisor Jon Schweppe, the former policy director for the American Principles Project, which has aggressively fought against transgender ideology. The group has had a strong influence on MAGA culture war messaging. In one instance, APP’s leader, Terry Schilling, hand-delivered polling to Trump showing how strongly Americans would back a candidate who took a stand against gender ideology.

Federal Trade Commission Sets Sights On Transgender Procedures On Kids

Federal Trade Commission Sets Sights On Transgender Procedures On Kids

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