Florida Attorney General Sues Medical Organizations for Misleading Families About Sex-Change Procedures

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a major lawsuit against three prominent medical organizations, accusing them of deceiving families about the safety and effectiveness of sex-change procedures for children.

The lawsuit targets the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Florida’s A.G. alleges these groups made millions of dollars pushing experimental treatments like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries on children — all while knowing there’s no solid evidence these procedures actually help kids with gender confusion.

The lawsuit exposes how these organizations have been citing each other’s work in a circular pattern for years, manufacturing a “facade of legitimacy.”

The lawsuit seeks to hold these organizations accountable under the state’s consumer protection laws.

Public health experts and policymakers in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids. These drugs and procedures carry serious risks — including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, and cardiovascular problems.

Whistleblowers have come forward to testify about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives. It is absolutely vital that Americans understand just how harmful these procedures are.

In January, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids, and the federal government is expected to propose new rules that could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

Florida’s lawsuit points out that in 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This good law was the first of its kind in America. It generally prohibits doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. This year a federal court upheld the SAFE Act, which means the law is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

Florida’s lawsuit proves that Arkansas’ lawmakers were right to pass the SAFE Act back in 2021. The fact that Florida’s attorney general is now taking these organizations to court shows the tide of public opinion — and public policy — is continuing to turn in support of children. That’s something to celebrate.

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New Zealand Joins Growing List of Countries Protecting Children from Puberty Blockers

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New Zealand has become the latest country to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria. The move comes as nations examine the risks and lack of long-term studies on these experimental treatments.

Starting in mid-December, doctors in New Zealand will no longer be allowed to prescribe these drugs to new patients, though those currently taking them can continue.

This decision puts New Zealand more or less alongside the U.K., Sweden, Finland, most states in the U.S., and other nations that have stepped back from so-called “gender-affirming care” for children.

Public health experts and policymakers have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids. These drugs and procedures carry serious risks — including infertility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density, and cardiovascular problems.

As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has demonstrated, the so-called “medical consensus” regarding transgender procedures on children has been largely manufactured by pro-LGBT activists.

Whistleblowers have come forward to testify about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

In January, President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids, and the federal government is soon expected to propose new rules that could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This good law generally prohibits doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The SAFE Act has been upheld in federal court and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

The fact that more countries are putting a stop to these transgender procedures proves that Arkansas was right to pass the SAFE Act in 2021. Other states should follow Arkansas’– and New Zealand’s — example by protecting children from experimentation.

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Trump Administration Could Soon Roll Out Two New Rules Protecting Kids From Sex-Change Procedures

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NPR recently reported that two proposals from the Trump Administration could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Written copies of the proposals haven’t been published yet, but NPR says it obtained a draft text of the rules.

One rule would prevent federal Medicaid funds from being used for sex-change procedures on kids. Another rule would block hospitals that perform these procedures from receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding.

The Department of Health and Human Services submitted both proposals to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review last summer. The proposed rules have not officially been published yet, but it sounds like both rules generally track with other policies the Trump Administration has implemented.

In January, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids — including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries.

Medical institutions and facilities who receive federal research or education grants were told to “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” immediately, under the order. That order prompted hospitals nationwide to stop performing these procedures on kids.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In recent years, men and women have testified about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

We now know pro-LGBT activists spent years manufacturing much of the medical “consensus” in support of these procedures.

Public health experts in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act generally prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. A federal court recently upheld the law — which is good news.

We must do more to protect children from these dangerous procedures nationwide. We appreciate the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services working on federal rules to help do exactly that.

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