Call the Senate and oppose Rachel (formerly Richard) Levine’s nomination as Assistant Health Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In his alacrity to elevate trans “rights”, Biden has made a point of appointing Levine, a trans-identified male, to this important position. As was made clear by his refusal to answer pertinent questions by Senator Rand Paul about his views on medicalization of minors, he will undoubtedly be pushing for “affirmative” treatment which will include not only puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, but surgery as well. This is medical experimentation on children who cannot give informed consent, and Levine’s nomination to this powerful position should be opposed as irreversible harm has been done by these interventions.
SENATE PHONE NUMBER IS: 202-224-3121. Press #1 for Senate, ask for your state, then select your senators, one at a time and speak to the staff or leave a message. Also please call as many of the senators on the Health, Education, & Labor Committee as you can and tweet them.
You may also wish to write an email in addition, but calling is more effective. Here are some sample tweets:
CALL THE SENATE at 202-224-3121 TO OPPOSE #LEVINENOMINATION for ASSISTANT HEALTH SECRETARY-We believe Levine would pose a serious threat to health & safety of children due to refusing to answer questions regarding the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery RTWT
CALL THE SENATE at 202-224-3121 TO OPPOSE #LEVINENOMINATION for ASSISTANT HEALTH SECRETARY-We believe Levine would pose a serious threat to health & safety of children as ‘affirmative’ treatment=harmful medical experimentation on children who cannot give informed consent. RTWT
@SenatorBurr @SenatorCollins @MurkowskiS @SenTuberville @RogerMarshallMD @SenatorRomney @JerryMoran @RandPaul @SenBillCassidy @SenatorBraun @SenatorTimScott RTWT
VOTE NO ON THE CONFIRMATION OF #RACHELLEVINE!!
@SenBobCasey @SenMurphyOffice @SenatorHassan @SenJackyRosen @SenatorHick @SenatorBern @SenatorBaldwin @timkaine @SenTinaSmith @SenatorLujan RTWT
VOTE NO ON THE CONFIRMATION OF #RACHELLEVINE!!