Twenty Republican attorneys general are investigating the American Academy of Pediatrics for allegedly misleading consumers by advertising “transgender” medical services for children.
“AAP continues to mislead and deceive consumers by continuing to claim that puberty suppressants are 'reversible,'” a Sept. 24 letter from state prosecutors to the AAP said.
“The assertion is misleading and deceptive and requires an immediate retraction and correction,” said the letter, led by former Republican congressman Raul Labrador, who is now Idaho's attorney general.
The petitioners are alarmed by the allegations, which call into question most state consumer protection laws. For example, Idaho law states:[e]”Engaging in any act or practice that is misleading, false, or deceptive to consumers” Idaho Statute 48-603(17). Most other states similarly prohibit making false, misleading, or deceptive statements to consumers. Each of us takes our responsibility to protect consumers in our state very seriously.
“Countries around the world are stepping in to protect children from untested vaccines. [“transgender”] “There is no cure,” the letter states, adding:
that [foreign] An end to what can only be described as medical experimentation on children is long overdue, especially since the majority of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria “outgrow” and stop experiencing the condition by adolescence or adulthood. Treating children with drugs that cause biological changes whose physiological pathways and end results are unknown is abusive, and encouraging such experimentation without evidence of safety is inhumane, especially when in many cases it has been shown to be medically unnecessary.
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The letter comes as President Donald Trump promises to roll back pro-trans policies put in place by outgoing President Joe Biden.
But Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has long supported pro-trans policies and spending, including in K-12 schools.
President Trump's promises of deregulation are gaining support even among liberals. Reported September 23:
Amanda Erickson once described herself as “your typical purple-haired, pro-abortion, who cares about no one else” type. The California resident was previously in a polyamorous relationship and supports abortion, so her choice in 2020 was easy: She voted for Joe Biden.
But Erickson's Democratic support evaporated when her then-13-year-old daughter announced that she was “genderfluid.” Over the next few years, public school officials, psychologists, family therapists, and child protective services pressured her to accept her child's new identity and pronouns, even sparking a welfare investigation by local police. When she and her husband refused, the ensuing battle over how to deal with her daughter's mental health and gender identity devastated the family.
“I was very left-leaning and like, 'Everybody should do what they want,'” Erickson said, “But then I saw this seeping into society and I saw the consequences of not saying, 'This is no good, this is too much,' and I went back so far that now I can't even vote for a Democrat.”
Corporations are also distancing themselves from pro-trans policies. “Supporting these statements that are not supported by science not only harms children, it harms shareholders,” said former Kentucky Attorney General David L. 1792 ExchangeHe opposes corporate diversity mandates, telling Breitbart News that it's time to “put corporations back in business and stop medical experiments on children.”
The letter was signed by 20 Republican attorneys general, including Ashley Moody of Florida, Kris Kobach of Kansas, Andrew Bailey of Missouri, Ken Paxton of Texas and Dave Yost of Ohio.
The letter was not signed by the Republican attorneys general of Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee or Wyoming.
The 20 lawyers also are calling on the AAP to explain its collaboration with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the leading medical advocacy group for transgenderism.
The World Association of Transgender Health Professionals and its Standards of Care (a clear source of information for the AAP) have been found to be unreliable and subject to inappropriate pressure. Indeed, we are concerned about the AAP’s involvement in pressuring WPATH to make last-minute changes. [medical guidelines] based on political considerations,12 and assuring the public that those same standards are “evidence-based.”
The lawyers are demanding that the AAP answer their questions by Oct. 8 about how committee members drafted and discussed the association's pro-trans policies and how they worked with WPATH.
“We expect your company to treat this matter with the same seriousness as we do and look forward to a prompt response,” the letter said.
