From LifeSiteNews

By Angeline Tan

‘I had a wonderful meeting with Argentine President Milei about our nations’ mutual withdrawal from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system,’ RFK Jr. said.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Argentine counterpart, Minister of Health Mario Lugones, have inked a joint declaration reinforcing that both their countries are pulling out of the World Health Organization while unveiling plans to establish an alternative international health system.

Announcing the plans on X, Kennedy stated:

I had a wonderful meeting with Argentine President @JMilei about our nations’ mutual withdrawal from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system based on gold-standard science and free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control. pic.twitter.com/08VLQgxrgK

— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 27, 2025

In January, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would be withdrawing the U.S. from the WHO “due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.”

During a speech at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, Kennedy justified the president’s decision, saying, “Not only has the WHO capitulated to political pressure from China, it’s also failed to maintain an organization characterized by transparency and fair governance by and for its Member States.”

“The WHO often acts like it has forgotten that its members must remain accountable to their own citizens and not to transnational or corporate interests,” he added.

Likewise, in another post on X, Kennedy declared:

Like many legacy institutions, the WHO has become mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest, and international power politics. While the United States has provided the lion’s share of the organization’s funding historically, other countries such as… pic.twitter.com/VvWbVBkb6M

— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 20, 2025

The full text of the joint statement reads:

The WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed serious structural and operational shortcomings that undermined global trust and highlighted the urgent need for independent, science-based leadership in global health.

There are well-documented concerns regarding the early management of the pandemic and the risks associated with certain types of research. Rather than ensuring timely transparency, the WHO failed to provide critical access to information, impairing countries’ ability to act swiftly and effectively, with devastating global consequences.

The absence of meaningful reforms, disproportionate financial demands, and the increasing politicization of the organization have ultimately led the United States and Argentina to withdraw from the WHO.

The organization has shifted away from its founding mission, becoming increasingly reliant on voluntary contributions and vulnerable to the influence of non-scientific agendas. This diversion has distracted from addressing genuine public health threats.

Withdrawal marks the beginning of a new path—toward building a modern global health cooperation model grounded in scientific integrity, transparency, sovereignty, and accountability. Our shared commitment is to cost-effective, evidence-based public health interventions that prioritize prevention, especially in children, by addressing root causes such as environmental toxins, nutritional deficiencies, and food safety standards.

The United States’ Make America Healthy Again initiative is already showing historic progress. Deepening collaboration with partners who share these principles will drive innovation, reduce costs, and help build a stronger, healthier future. The Argentine government, for its part, inherited a devastated healthcare system and is now making rapid progress in rebuilding and strengthening it, with a renewed focus on transparency and quality care for all citizens.

Real health threats demand urgency and gold-standard science. Under President Donald J. Trump, the United States is restoring a sovereign, results-driven approach—putting people above politics. Argentina, likewise, supports public health systems rooted in autonomy, transparency, innovation, and scientific rigor.

We can no longer support a system that fails to protect our people or deliver on its mandate. The United States and Argentina invite all nations committed to scientific integrity, transparency, and the defense of human dignity to join us in shaping a new era of global health cooperation—one focused on results, sovereignty, and a safer future for all.

From LifeSiteNews

By Jonathon Van Maren

The Canadian Medical Association says protecting kids from puberty blockers and surgeries infringes on physicians’ rights – not children’s health.

On May 28, the Canadian Medical Association filed a challenge against the constitutionality of Alberta’s 2024 legislation banning certain sex change surgeries and other “treatments” for children under age 16. 

The CMA is arguing that the ban “violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience,” and claims that: “This is a historic and unprecedented government intrusion into the physician-patient relationship and requires doctors to follow the law rather than clinical guidelines, the needs of patients and their own conscience.”

The CMA does not mention that sex changes for children are “historic and unprecedented,” and that medical bodies around the world are increasingly condemning these practices as an unprecedented scandal. The U.K. has banned puberty blockers for minors after the National Health Service commissioned Dr. Hilary Cass to conduct a sweeping analysis of the available evidence; Finland, Sweden, Argentina, and the United States are all taking similar steps. 

Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government passed three bills last year, including bans on sex change surgeries for minors under 17 and the “use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies for the purpose of gender reassignment or affirmation” for those under 15. The National Post reported in 2023 that hundreds of girls under the age of 18 have received double mastectomies.  

The CMA, which allegedly represents over 75,000 doctors, is “specifically challenging the bill that blocks doctors from prescribing hormone therapy and puberty blockers to children under 16 and bans gender-affirming surgeries for those under 18,” according to the CBC. Without irony, Dr. Jake Donaldson, one of the three doctors behind the challenge, stated that the child protection law places him in a “state of moral crisis.” 

“It is encroaching upon sort of the autonomy of physicians and our ability to provide what we believe is best, and individualized, evidence-based care for patients,” the Calgary-based doctor stated. “It forces me to sort of stand on the sidelines and refuse to provide care to patients who would otherwise, in all likelihood, significantly benefit from it.”  

According to the CBC, Donaldson has “roughly 40 young patients who receive the kinds of treatment the law outlaws, although an exemption clause in the legislation means those patients aren’t being cut off.” According to Donaldson: “From the standpoint of gender-affirming care, what we are able tochild  do in the medical world is help people. There’s good evidence behind what we’re doing, [and] there are guidelines that we follow. Nobody’s making decisions willy-nilly.”

Neither Donaldson nor the CBC mentioned the growing body of evidence that reveals the permanent, irreversible damage caused by these “treatments,” including the impact on brain development, reduction in the density of bones, stunting of growth, risk of barring the user from reaching peak IQ, inhibiting sexual function, thickening of the blood, heightening the risk of heart attack by up to five times, creation of a higher risk of blood clots and cancer, and vaginal atrophy, as well as the potential for lifelong sterility. 

“It’s not unprecedented for the CMA to get involved in legal matters, but it was unprecedented for a bill in Canada to restrict the ability for physicians to offer advice to patients,” said Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the CMA. 

Heather Jenkins, press secretary for Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery, stated by email that “Alberta’s government will vigorously defend our position in court,” and that the law protects children from making “irreversible decisions.” 

LGBT activist groups Egale Canada and the Skipping Stone Foundation, as well as five Alberta families, have already launched Charter challenges against the three bills, and filed for an injunction. The hearing for the injunction took place in March, but there is no ruling as yet. 

Premier Danielle Smith has said she will use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause “as a last resort” to ensure her protective legislation is implemented. 

Jonathon Van Maren

Jonathon’s writings have been translated into more than six languages and in addition to LifeSiteNews, has been published in the National Post, National Review, First Things, The Federalist, The American Conservative, The Stream, the Jewish Independent, the Hamilton Spectator, Reformed Perspective Magazine, and LifeNews, among others. He is a contributing editor to The European Conservative.

His insights have been featured on CTV, Global News, and the CBC, as well as over twenty radio stations. He regularly speaks on a variety of social issues at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

He is the author of The Culture War, Seeing is Believing: Why Our Culture Must Face the Victims of Abortion, Patriots: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Pro-Life Movement, Prairie Lion: The Life and Times of Ted Byfield, and co-author of A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide with Blaise Alleyne.

Jonathon serves as the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform.