"In 2025, the House passed legislation backed by Crenshaw that would prohibit Medicaid funds from covering gender-affirming care for minors. The proposal sought to amend the Social Security Act to block federal funding for treatments such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgeries intended to help transgender youth transition."
"Crenshaw also successfully advanced what became known as the "Crenshaw Amendment," a provision that would bar federal programs, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Affordable Care Act subsidies, from paying for gender-affirming medical care for minors."
"First elected in 2018, the former Navy SEAL rose quickly within the GOP, becoming a conservative media fixture and a vocal culture war combatant."
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and former Navy SEAL first elected in 2018, lost his primary race to Steve Toth in the 2nd Congressional District. Crenshaw had become a prominent conservative media figure and culture war advocate. In 2025, he championed legislation prohibiting Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for minors, including hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgeries. He also advanced the "Crenshaw Amendment" to bar federal programs like Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA subsidies from funding such care. The ACLU criticized these proposals as part of broader efforts to criminalize or restrict transgender medical care. Crenshaw defended the legislation as preventing taxpayer funding for controversial treatments.
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