Tag: puberty blockers

Texas, New York Clinics Offer Puberty Blockers to Young Children in Undercover Video

A new Project Veritas undercover video series looking into the transgender medical industry revealed that clinics in Texas, New York, and New Jersey are offering puberty blockers to children aged 14 and younger. For their three-part investigative series, dubbed “Too Young,” undercover journalists visited nearly 50 different clinics across eight states and asked staffers at…


Gender Affirmation Treatments for Minors Must Be Characterized as ‘Experimental’: Norwegian Investigator

Invasive and life-altering treatments for gender incongruence and gender dysphoria for children and young people must be characterized as “experimental” according to the latest recommendation from a Norwegian health care investigator. Puberty delaying treatment along with hormonal and surgical gender affirmation treatments for minors require more research, “a thorough examination before treatment,” explanation of benefits,…


Arkansas Bill Would Give Minors 15 Years to Sue Doctors After Gender Procedures

A bill seeking to empower minors to sue health care professionals who conduct “gender transition procedures” on them passed the Arkansas House on Wednesday, and is now awaiting approval from the governor. The Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023 (pdf) gives minors a window of time to sue doctors who performed “gender affirming”…


Arkansas Empowering Minors to File Malpractice Lawsuits Against ‘Gender Transition’ Practitioners

A law proposed in Arkansas seeks to allow minors or their representatives to file a civil action lawsuit against healthcare professionals who performed “gender transition” procedures on them. Senate Bill 199, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Stubblefield, received endorsement from a Senate panel on Monday. “A healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure on…


Trump Vows to Introduce Executive Orders Aimed at Preventing ‘Left-Wing Insanity’ on Gender-Affirming Care

Former President Donald Trump has vowed to sign a string of executive orders if he is elected in 2024 targeting “gender-affirming health care” which he says will prevent the “chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation of our youth.” Trump hit the campaign trail for the first time this week since announcing his 2024 bid for the White House in…


New Campaign Seeks to Protect Children From Ideology-Driven ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

The medical advocacy group “Do No Harm” has announced an initiative seeking to protect minors from the harmful effects of “gender-affirming care,” warning that children subject to such practices can end up suffering lifelong from medical complications. Richmond, Virginia-based Do No Harm’s “Protecting Minors from Gender Ideology” initiative aims to educate the public and policymakers…


Sweden Breaks With Trans-Health Group Following Alterations in Child Sex Change Guidelines

Health authorities in Sweden are moving away from the recommendations of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) regarding child sex change surgeries. In a Dec. 14 article published in the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen, pediatrician Mats Reimer points out that WPATH Standards of Care 8 (SOC8) guidelines that were released earlier this year…


‘Transition or Die’ is Flawed Premise Pushing Transgender Hormones, Surgeries for Youths, New Guide Says

Some parents have been told that if they fail to support a gender-questioning child’s desire to “transition” to the opposite gender, their child may commit suicide. But this “transition-or-die” scenario, often used to justify transgender medical treatments for minors, is factually inaccurate and “ethically questionable,” according to a new treatment guide released by the Gender…


Mothers Slam American Girl Book Advising on Puberty Blockers

Scathing reviews are pouring into the American Girl website and Amazon, and social media users are blasting the popular doll brand for a 2022 book that advises young girls on pronouns, switching genders, and using puberty blockers. Part of the criticism surrounds circumventing unsupportive parents. Others, however, have applauded the book for providing guidance on…


Australian Senate Blocks Inquiry Into the Impacts Of Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones

The Australian senate has blocked an inquiry into the rise in Australian children being diagnosed with gender dysphoria and treated with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The result saw 39 senators voting against the inquiry, including all members from the centre-left Labor party and left-wing Greens, four Liberal senators including Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne, Andrew…