A report by the medical watchdog group Do No Harm found that U.S. hospitals earned nearly $120 million over four years by treating about 14,000 children under 18 for gender reassignment. That's what it means.
New monitoring group showed Between 2019 and 2023, 5,747 minors underwent sex reassignment surgery, and an additional 8,579 used puberty blockers and sex hormones. From the release:
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13,994 children received gender reassignment-related treatment
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5,747 sex reassignment surgeries performed on children
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62,682 prescriptions for hormones and puberty blockers written for 8,579 pediatric patients.
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Earned at least $119,791,202 from gender reassignment treatment for minors
The group said the actual data may be higher than what is being reported.
“These numbers only scratch the surface of how widespread these practices really are,” the group said. “Additionally, the Stop the Harm Database profiles the most prolific agencies and providers involved in these dangerous and unsupported interventions.”
The following 12 hospitals in the United States performed the most gender reassignment treatments on minors.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Connecticut Children's Medical Center
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kids minnesota
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seattle kids
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Boston Children's Hospital
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Rady Children's Hospital
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National Children's Medical Center
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
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children's hospital of colorado
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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, president of Do No Harm, said the group's goal is to “expose the dangers of experimental pediatric gender medicine and put an end to this practice.”
“This first-of-its-kind project provides patients, families, and policy makers with a resource that sheds light on the prevalence of irreversible gender reassignment treatments for minors in the United States,” said Goldfarb. “While this data represents the tip of the iceberg, it is the first step in holding accountable medical institutions that have participated in, and often facilitated, predatory and unscientific medical interventions against vulnerable children. It’s Ayumu.”
De No Harm senior researcher and patient advocate Chloe Cole said the database would be used to debunk activists' claims that mild gender reassignment treatments are rare.
“The statistics in this database represent thousands of children who are being treated like guinea pigs for unproven and sometimes dangerous medical experiments. Politicians and parents alike are making use of this database. “We want people to know where these treatments are being used and protect children from being forced into irreversible, life-altering treatments,” Cole said.
