St. Louis clinic stops ‘transgender care’ for minors due to lawsuit risk.
A Bold Step: Transgender Clinic in St. Louis Halts Hormone Treatments for Minors
A transgender clinic in St. Louis will no longer prescribe gender hormones to minors thanks to a new state law that exposes doctors to lawsuits if they provide such treatments.
The Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has made a significant decision. They announced on Monday that they “will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition,” in response to Missouri’s new law.
The law, which took effect on August 28 and expires in 2027, prohibits the use of puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones and the performance of gender surgery on minors. While there is an exception for patients already on hormone treatments, the Transgender Center has chosen to stop offering hormone treatments to all patients due to the potential legal liability it poses for doctors.
Washington University, affiliated with the hospital, expressed their concerns, stating, ”This legal claim creates unsustainable liability for health-care professionals and makes it untenable for us to continue to provide comprehensive transgender care for minor patients without subjecting the university and our providers to an unacceptable level of liability.”
Despite the disappointment of having to take this step, the Transgender Center believes it is necessary to protect the university and its providers from potential lawsuits. The new law sets the minimum liability at $500,000.
Whistleblower Allegations and Ongoing Investigation
The decision by the Transgender Center comes after explosive whistleblower accusations against the gender clinic earlier this year. In February, Jamie Reed, a former case manager at the Transgender Center, bravely went public with allegations that the clinic had hastily put children with significant psychiatric issues on gender hormone treatments. Reed also raised concerns about the lack of awareness among children and their families regarding the serious side effects of these treatments.
Emergency room staff at the hospital also noticed a concerning trend. They reported a surge in trans-identifying children showing up in psychiatric crisis, who were taking hormones but not receiving the necessary counseling. These alarming developments prompted Missouri’s Republican attorney general to open an investigation into the clinic, which is still ongoing.
Risks of Gender Hormone Treatments
Over the past few years, critics have raised concerns about the permanent effects of gender hormone treatments and surgical procedures, particularly when it comes to children. Both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones carry significant health risks. Puberty blockers can affect bone growth and density, cause sexual dysfunction, voice damage, and infertility, among other issues. Cross-sex hormones can lead to infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.
The number of gender surgeries has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. According to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open, the number of procedures nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019, with around 13,000 performed in 2019.
It is also worth noting that elective, gender-related double mastectomies have been performed on hundreds of girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, in recent years.
While more youth are embracing new gender identities, it is crucial to consider the potential risks and long-term consequences associated with these decisions. As of last year, an estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 identified as transgender.
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