Texas joins kids’ gender transition procedures suit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which he says is a radical organization that aggressively promotes harmful and irreversible gender “transition” procedures and treatments for children.
The FTC announced the lawsuit on June 17, alleging WPATH has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the organization itself made “false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the necessity, effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries.
“Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services.”
According to the Office of the Attorney General, WPATH’s members deceptively market powerful drugs, disfiguring surgeries, and other dangerous medical interventions targeted at children who claim to express discomfort with their biological sex.
They also work to ensure that healthcare providers and hospital companies authorize “transition” treatments. Additionally, WPATH removed age limitations for numerous pediatric transition procedures and treatments despite having no adequate scientific basis for doing so. This has all been done while failing to disclose the serious, and often permanent, consequences of these interventions.
“Any group that illegally promotes irreversible, life-altering ‘transitioning’ procedures to kids as safe and necessary will face the full force of the law for harming children,” said Paxton. “We will not allow WPATH or any other organization to illegally promote or perform dangerous ‘transitioning’ procedures on our kids that leave them with permanent trauma and lifelong health consequences.”
The attorney general brought the claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) and is seeking to end WPATH’s “illegal operations” and hold the organization accountable for the alleged harm it has inflicted on families.
Joining Texas in the action are the attorneys general of Alaska, Iowa and Nebraska.
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