WASHINGTON (WDNews) – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in co-sponsoring the Chloe Cole Act, legislation that seeks to ban gender transition surgeries and chemical treatments for minors. The bill would also allow individuals who detransition to pursue legal action if they suffered harm from such procedures.
As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, Tuberville said he is committed to fighting what he describes as “woke ideology” influencing American youth.
The bill is named after Chloe Cole, who underwent a double mastectomy at 15 years old after being influenced by social media and what she called “leftist ideology.” Cole has since detransitioned and has become an advocate for protecting minors from undergoing gender transition procedures.
“Thousands of America’s children have fallen prey to the radical left’s woke gender ideology. Allowing our young children whose brains aren’t even fully developed to make life-altering decisions isn’t only dangerous, but it’s pure insanity,” said Sen. Tuberville. “American families have been lied to for far too long—these surgeries cause irreversible harm. This sick attack on our children ends now with President Trump and his team. I’m proud to join Sen. Blackburn in cosponsoring this legislation to stop the abuse of America’s children and enforce the President’s pro-family agenda.”
Sen. Blackburn also voiced strong support for the bill, saying, “No child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation under the guise of so-called ‘gender-affirming care.’ The Chloe Cole Act would put a stop to this barbaric abuse of children and give those who have suffered the consequences of these harmful procedures the chance to fight back.”
The legislation has also gained backing from Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.). In the U.S. House, Congressman Bob Onder (R-Mo.-03) is leading the effort.
According to Tuberville’s office, the U.S. Department of Justice transmitted the legislative proposal to Congress in September, and Attorney General Pam Bondi has endorsed the measure.
