Tuberville questions NIH nominee about transgender procedures for minors

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville asked President Joe Biden’s nominee for the National Institute of Health director about whether it’s good policy to promote certain transgender treatments for minors. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli testified during her Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee confirmation hearing Wednesday. “Being an educator, this really touches me,” Tuberville (R-Auburn) said to Bertagnoli. “The NIH funded a recent study about the psychosocial functioning in transgender youth after two years of hormones. “According to the letter NIH sent to Ranking Member Cassidy and