Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, told Newsmax on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Tennessee’s right to protect children from irreversible transgender transition procedures should be a “clarion call” to put an end nationwide to harmful surgeries and therapies being performed on minors.

Oz joined Newsmax’s “National Report” to react to the High Court’s 6-3 ruling on Wednesday that backed Tennessee’s ban on gender-transition procedures in minors.

“I think it’s a good example where the science has caught up with the rhetoric from the left on transgender care,” Oz said.

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