(LifeSiteNews) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei has banned hormone injections and mutilating gender surgeries for minors. The Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said at a press conference on Wednesday, “These interventions to which children are exposed are a serious risk to their physical and mental health, as they imply an interruption in their maturation process.” “As things now stand, minors who so wish may undergo treatment and surgery to change their bodies in accordance with their self-perception,” Adorni stated. Under the current Gender Identity Law that was passed in 2012, minors generally need the consent of their parents to begin so-called “sex change” procedures. However, if one of the parents objects to the measures, the case can be brought to a court, which may overrule the dissenting parent. “In many cases, the effects of these treatments and surgeries are irreversible,” Adorni noted. “Countries pioneering gender change such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland …