People holding rainbow-colored flags gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, to protest President Javier Mileis speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, during which he criticized sick wokeism, social welfare, feminism, identity politics and the fight against climate change. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)People gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, to protest President Javier Mileis speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, during which he criticized sick wokeism, social welfare, feminism, identity politics and the fight against climate change. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)People cheer on the singer Lali Esposito in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, during a protest against President Javier Mileis speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, during which he criticized sick wokeism, social welfare, feminism, identity politics and the fight against climate change. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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People holding rainbow-colored flags gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, to protest President Javier Mileis speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, during which he criticized sick wokeism, social welfare, feminism, identity politics and the fight against climate change. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s president has signed a decree banning gender-affirming care for people under age 18, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday.
Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni in a statement to the press announced the repeal of a 2012 gender identity law provision allowing such practices with parental or guardian consent.
“Gender ideology taken to the extreme and applied to children by force or psychological coercion simply constitutes child abuse,” the government of the far-right president said in a subsequent statement. “Children do not have the cognitive maturity to make decisions about irreversible processes.”
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