Texas Hospital Opens First-Ever Detransition Gender Clinic
A Texas hospital has opened a “detransition” gender clinic following a $10 million settlement with the Trump Administration.
Over the past 20 years, the number of children who identify as transgender has skyrocketed — especially among biological girls. Many hospitals have opened “gender clinics” that prescribe puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones kids or even perform sex-change procedures on children. But 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 these “gender transitions.”
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. Stories like these have prompted investigations and legal action.
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has agreed to stop performing sex-change procedures on children, pay $10 million in penalties, and open the first-ever detransition clinic in the country. The settlement comes after a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Attorney General’s office.
This is good news. Today we know pro-LGBT activists and medical organizations have been citing each other’s work in a circular pattern for years, manufacturing a fake consensus about performing sex-change surgeries on kids.
Recently, a jury awarded one detransitioner $2 million after finding that doctors committed malpractice when they performed a double mastectomy on her at age 16. Twenty-eight similar lawsuits are already working their way through courts across the country.
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.
A federal court upheld the SAFE Act last year — meaning it is protecting children in Arkansas at this very moment.
Arkansas was the first state in America to enact a law like the SAFE Act, but since 2021 lawmakers in more than half the country have passed similar legislation. These measures are on the books, protecting children. That’s something to celebrate.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
Young Soccer Athletes Especially Vulnerable to Gambling Problems: New Study
A new study confirms what many have been saying for years: Gambling is a serious threat to young people — and the problem seems to be getting worse.
Most states in the U.S. have legalized sports betting, and more than half of men ages 18 – 49 report having an active sportsbook account online. Arkansans wagered a record $86.5 million in March alone this year. But this type of gambling is having a corrupting influence on athletics in the U.S. and around the world.
Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet studied 741 male junior elite soccer players from Sweden’s two highest national leagues.
The study found 32% of the players had gambled in the past year.
Among players 18 and older, that number jumped to more than 60%.
Nearly one in ten players showed signs of problem gambling, and even more alarming, more than one in five underage players reported gambling despite legal age restrictions.
The data is clear: Sports betting is corrupting sports and ruining lives.
The NCAA has opened investigations into dozens of student-athletes for sports betting violations. Federal prosecutors have announced indictments in connection with an alleged bribery and point-shaving scheme to fix college basketball games. Nearly half of Division I men’s basketball players have reported harassment from bettors on social media.
MLB players have been accused of rigging pitches to defraud sports betting platforms. The NFL and the NBA have also dealt with corruption and scandals tied to sports betting.
On the whole, most Americans do not believe sports betting has been good for society or good for sports.
Arkansas families need to understand that sports betting isn’t harmless entertainment — it’s predatory, and it’s growing.
As powerful corporations try to make gambling part of everyday life, it’s important for Arkansas to protect its citizens and families from predatory gambling. Otherwise, gambling addiction will simply continue wrecking lives and hurting families in our state.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.