Rand Paul Questions Rachel Levine During Confirmation Hearing 2/25/2021

Rand Paul Questions Rachel Levine During Confirmation Hearing 2/25/2021.

On 2/25/2021, during the confirmation hearing, Senator Rand Paul asked, “You’re willing to let a minor take things that prevent their puberty, and you think they get that back?” Mr. Paul, who is an ophthalmologist, said at one point. “You give a woman testosterone enough that she grows a beard — you think she’s going to go back looking like a woman when you stop the testosterone?” Levine replied that, “Transgender medicine is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research and standards of care.”

Rachel Levine is a former Pennsylvania health secretary and Mr. Biden’s pick to be assistant secretary of health, stands to be the first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate.