Health and Human Services has been rolling out new guidance and information for people to follow when it comes to younger people pursuing a sex change. This information has caught the attention of Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, who finds it problematic.

The guidance lays out avenues for children who identify as transgender to follow in regards to “gender-affirming care”, such as puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy, and sex-change surgeries.

“I think the government shouldn’t be pushing, or have it out there on a portal, that moves you towards irreversible sex change therapy,” Braun told HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “I think we need to think about it carefully because we are navigating into territory we never have before as a government.”

Braun questioned Becerra about the information.

“In what case would it be appropriate to perform irreversible sex-change surgery on kids,” asked Braun.

“Those decisions are made by that individual in consultation with their physician,” Becerra replied.

Braun also expressed concern that none of the drugs, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy regimens, are approved by the FDA.

“I don’t think these drugs these drugs have been proven safe and effective for the use you’re recommending,” Braun said. “It’s probably why the FDA has not approved puberty-blocking and hormone therapy drugs for gender transition.”

“The FDA would raise alarms if they saw a particular medicine or treatment were being misused,” Becerra responded. “In any case, no individual, no patient, will proceed forward unless his or her doctor has advised of the procedure and it is considered by the FDA and others, who have to go ahead and certify a medicine or procedure, to be safe and effective.”

Becerra insisted that the information being provided by HHS is helping improve the lives of Americans by providing them with the care they have chosen.