Doctors Protecting Children Declaration

As of July 2024, there are 26 states that have enacted legislation protecting minors from transgender interventions. The majority of laws protect minors from the harms of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries. A few states have narrower regulations. The protective laws have been temporarily or permanently blocked by judges in six states, and the attorney general has refused to enforce the law in one.

“Therefore, given the recent research and the revelations of the harmful approach advocated by WPATH and its followers in the United States, we, the undersigned, call upon the medical professional organizations of the United States, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the  Endocrine Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to follow the science and their European professional colleagues and immediately stop the promotion of social affirmation, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for children and adolescents who experience distress over their biological sex.  Instead, these organizations should recommend comprehensive evaluations and therapies aimed at identifying and addressing underlying psychological co-morbidities and neurodiversity that often predispose to and accompany gender dysphoria. We also encourage the physicians who are members of these professional organizations to contact their leadership and urge them to adhere to the evidence-based research now available.”

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