Even The Washington Post is now raising concerns about the insufficient evidence behind gender-transition treatments for children, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries. A recent editorial addressed these concerns in light of the pending Supreme Court case, United States v. Skrmetti, where the Biden government is challenging a Tennessee law prohibiting these treatments for minors.

The Post editorial notes that the high court’s decision in Skrmetti will impact not just Tennesse but 23 other states that have enacted some degree of restriction on access to gender-transition procedures for minors. According to the liberal newspaper—owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos—the heart of the dispute in the case is whether “patients have a civil right to be harmed by ineffective medical interventions.” On the other side—in support of minor access to gender-transition treatment—The Post contends “…the evidence is too thin to conclude that they are beneficial and the risks are not well-understood.”

Additionally, the editorial criticizes the medical community for not conducting comprehensive and methodical studies on these treatments as they emerged. It references early research from a Dutch clinic—often cited by gender-transition proponents—as methodologically dubious, arguing that these studies were based on a small sample size of just 70 patients, later reduced to 55, and lacked a control group. Furthermore, the editorial expressed concern over an academic atmosphere where clinicians may decline to disclose findings that do not strongly support these treatments.

In May this year, the United Kingdom issued an emergency ban on puberty blockers for children following the issuance of revised National Health Service (NHS) clinical guidelines, which advised against providing puberty blockers to children due to insufficient evidence of their safety. More recently, the far-left Labour government extended this ban indefinitely.

Meanwhile, in the United States, hospitals have earned over $120 million in profits from sex changes for minors.

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