Peach Tree Times

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced his support for President Trump's executive order aimed at halting federal funding for "sex-change procedures for minors" and opposing "radical transgender ideologies." Carr expressed this stance in a February 26 post on the social media platform X.

"We've filed a brief in support of President Trump's Executive Order requiring federal agencies to stop funding sex-change procedures for minors," said General Chris Carr. "Proud to stand with @POTUS to protect our children & fight back against radical transgender ideologies."

Carr filed an amicus brief supporting the executive order, which was signed by President Donald Trump on January 28, 2025. The order instructs federal agencies to cease funding gender-transition procedures for minors and enforces laws restricting such interventions. The policy is currently facing legal challenges in a Maryland federal court, with plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal.

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According to the White House, the executive order prohibits federal funding or support for gender-transition procedures for minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. It calls for a review of policies based on what it describes as questionable scientific guidance and seeks to prevent medical institutions from using federal funds to perform these procedures on children. The directive involves multiple government departments, including Defense, Justice, and Health and Human Services, to end these practices and protect minors from such medical interventions.

Carr said in a press release: "Children are not social experiments, they are not science experiments, and they are not political theories. They’re children, and they deserve to be protected." He added that Georgia has been actively fighting against transgender surgeries for minors and taxpayer-funded sex changes. "We’re proud to stand with President Trump so we can end this nonsense once and for all," Carr said.

Appointed as Georgia's attorney general by then-Governor Nathan Deal in 2016, Carr was re-elected in November 2022. His tenure has focused on issues like human trafficking, gang activity, and opioid misuse. This includes establishing Georgia's first Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and Gang Prosecution Unit.