Lauren Taylor
A NEW DATABASE REVEALS THOUSANDS OF MINORS HAD GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERIES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THE DATABASE CREATED BY “DO NO HARM” IS CALLED “DOES MY HOSPITAL TRANSITION KIDS?”
“DO NO HARM” IS A NATIONAL ADVOCACY GROUP OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE AGAINST QUOTE – “WOKE” HOSPITAL AGENDAS.
THEY AIM TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC, POLICYMAKERS AND RESEARCHERS WITH CLEAR INSIGHTS INTO GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS.
THE DATA SHOWS NEARLY 14-THOUSAND MINORS GOT SOME TYPE OF GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE – LIKE PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND HORMONE THERAPY – BETWEEN 20-19 AND 20-23.
OVER 57-HUNDRED OF THOSE KIDS HAD GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERIES.
THESE SURGERIES ON MINORS WERE MORE COMMON IN CERTAIN STATES.
CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STATES TO BECOME A SO-CALLED “SANCTUARY STATE” FOR TRANSGENDER PROCEDURES HAD THE MOST … WITH MORE THAN 13-HUNDRED.
FOLLOWED BY OREGON, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA AND MASSACHUSETTS.
RESEARCHERS COLLECTED THE DATA FROM INSURANCE CLAIMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY – WHICH TOTALED 119-MILLION DOLLARS.
THE RESEARCHERS SAY THE NUMBERS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED DUE TO THE DATA NOT INCLUDING OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT INCLUDING SELF-PAY AND CHARITY.
FOR SAN, I’M … LAUREN TAYLOR.
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