Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson “would absolutely, adamantly refuse, in all circumstances,” to perform transgender surgical procedures on minors, he said this week.

In a new interview, Carson, who was once director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, sounded off on sex-change treatments for children, which are designed to make them appear as the opposite sex.

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