Nancy Mace’s Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention bill explained: Key provisions and what it means

Congresswoman Nancy Mace has reintroduced the Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention Bill on Sept. 26, 2025 - a bill that would make certain gender-related medical treatments for minors a federal crime, bar federal funding and Medicare payments for them, and exclude providers who perform those treatments from Medicare participation. The measure also follows Rep. Mace’s separate push to strip TRICARE, the military’s health plan, of coverage for gender-transition care through an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026 NDAA. Supporters say the bill makes permanent protections first ordered by President Trump; opponents warn it could criminalize medical care and prompt immediate legal fights. At its core, the bill does three things in federal law: It creates a new federal criminal o