Dear John,   Apparently, denying evidence-based health care to children is the moral imperative of the holiday season. Instead of figuring out how to keep healthcare affordable this holiday season, anti-trans lawmakers in Congress are wasting no time advancing discriminatory legislation aimed at blocking children’s access to gender affirming care, with votes expected this week.   Please take just two minutes now to contact your members of Congress and urge them to oppose these harmful bills.   Gender-affirming care is safe and essential health care. These bills undermine the doctor-patient relationship and create new barriers to care. Everyone — including young people — deserves to make health care decisions with dignity, respect, and without political interference.   The Protect Children’s Innocence Act (H.R. 3492) targets gender-affirming care for transgender youth by threatening doctors and other medical providers with criminal penalties for delivering care that follows established medical standards and, in many cases, saves lives. The Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (H.R. 498) would deny young people access to this medically necessary care by cutting off Medicaid coverage.   Members of Congress should be standing up for evidence-based care and the right of every person to access the care they need. Please take just one moment now to urge your representatives to oppose H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498.   Onward, Rachel Deitch Policy and Political Director   You can see all our action alerts and legislative tracking for the 119th Congress here.     The Center for Freethought Equality (CFE) is the advocacy and political arm of the American Humanist Association. Affiliated with CFE is the Center for Freethought Equality Political Action Committee (PAC), also known as the Freethought Equality Fund, whose mission is to achieve equality for the humanist and atheist community by increasing the number of public humanists and atheists, and allies, in public office at all levels of government. Donations to the Center for Freethought Equality are voluntary and are not tax deductible. If you would prefer to make your donation by check, please make your check payable to the Center for Freethought Equality and mail it to: 1821 Jefferson Place NW, Washington DC 20036.