US EditionHHS Review Recommends Therapy Over Broader Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
- Two major hospital systems in central Pennsylvania stopped offering gender-affirming care for minors following a federal executive order in January 2025.
- This policy change followed President Trump's executive order restricting transgender drugs and surgeries for people under age 19, although its implementation faces legal challenges.
- The gender-affirming care discontinued includes counseling, hormone treatments, and surgeries intended to align patients' appearances with their gender identities, but some existing patients will continue treatment.
- A national survey of 2,527 registered voters conducted from April 15-18, 2025, revealed that 47% are against allowing doctors to prescribe puberty blockers to minors in any situation, while 29% approve of such prescriptions if parents provide consent.
- The changes to care and public opposition suggest ongoing legal and social debates about transgender youth treatments, with professional medical groups generally supporting such care as appropriate.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics betrayed our children
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report documenting “serious concerns about medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries, that attempt to transition children and adolescents away from their sex.” The report confirms what many professionals who work with gender-confused youth, including myself, have been saying for years: A fast-tracked, affirmation-only approach to gender dyspho…
HHS Report Details the Harms of Gender Transition Treatments in Children
A 400-page review of all available data and studies to date finds no evidence of benefit from so-called “gender-affirming” interventions in youth but plenty of potential harms — and slams the medical establishment for abandoning sound clinical judgment. On May 1 the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) released a sweeping 409-page review of treatment protocols for adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The report’s authors remain…
Demasi: Gender-Affirming Care for Minors under Fire
Paediatric gender dysphoria has rapidly emerged as one of the most divisive and urgent issues in medicine today. In the past decade, the number of children and adolescents identifying as transgender or nonbinary has soared. In the US alone, diagnoses among youth aged 6 to 17 nearly tripled—from around 15,000 in 2017 to over 42,000 by 2021—signalling ... Read more Source
Investigation Reveals Hormone Distribution to Minors
A recent undercover investigation by pro-life organization Live Action has uncovered that Planned Parenthood is prescribing cross-sex hormones to minors, including 16-year-olds, with minimal medical oversight. The investigation involved posing as a 16-year-old seeking “gender-affirming care,” during which Planned Parenthood staff reportedly offered virtual consultations and suggested that parental presence was not required during in-person visit…
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