This is a human rights violation akin to chemical castration
So the US administration has entered its Mengele phase?
3 people out of thousands de transition in an attempt to preserve sanity in the torture house
Transphobes: see, there's a chance!
I think they see suicide rates and that's what they're hoping for with policies like this.
Literal Nazis in all but name.
I had to verify this one for myself... It's true.
Why not link to the .gov domain though?
What is the advantage? The article explains the context much better than the PDF and contains a link to the document in the first paragraph.
If I see a link to a copy of the document, it makes me doubt the validity of the information. If I don't have the time or energy to verify it, I'll just disregard it and move on. But if I see an "original" copy linked, it's a lot easier for me to trust and verify.
That is a fair point on a personal level, but many people (myself included) appreciate a digested version of an official document and additional context for it provided by a journalistic article. Overall there is no reason to disbelief the detailed information provided in the article and assume that the reporter faked the document, unless someone wants to cast doubt on the unjustifiable treatment of trans people by the Trump government.