Attorney General James Uthmeier (R-Florida) has announced a lawsuit against medical organizations that he says are "promoting child mutilation." Talking about this on a segment Fox News Channel's "America Reports" program, Uthmeier said that families are also being misled when told that medications and surgeries are the only option for children with gender dysphoria.
"These recommendations are not based on hard science," said Uthmeier. "This is a dangerous radical leftist agenda, and it can only be described as child abuse."
Uthmeier continued by saying that these organizations "need to pay for what they've done." The lawsuit names World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy for Pediatrics. According to him, they are making billions of dollars off child abuse.
"They, in some cases, told parents ‘your kid is probably going to kill himself if you don't go through these procedures.’ So, again, it's wrong. It's now criminal here in Florida, but we're going to hold these so-called medical organizations accountable for what they've done," said Uthmeier.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), which speaks out against surgeries and medications for children with gender dysphoria, applauds Uthmeier.
"On behalf of the entire community at the American College of Pediatricians, our leadership commends Attorney General Uthmeier's bold action in defending vulnerable children," said ACPeds President Dr. Michael Artigues in a press release.
As he says, this has been going on for too long.
"For too long, these organizations have spread a harmful agenda, leading minors and their parents to believe they can be born in the wrong body and promoting unethical, life-altering sex-trait interventions as ‘treatment’ for sexual identity disorder," read the press release,
While ACPeds prefers to see medical professionals come to this conclusion internally, ACPeds said "litigation has historically often been at the forefront of change in our country, even in the area of healthcare." As a result, ACPeds hopes this "will inspire leaders in the medical community who have not yet recognized the dangers of sex-trait interventions to take another look at the evidence and do the right thing."
