In the Media - 2023
3000 doctors take legal action against Transgender Mandate
The Epoch Times News, December 31, 2023
A group of 3,000 doctors and medical professionals is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a mandate that broadens the term “sex” in federal civil rights statutes to include “gender identity” and “sexual orientation.”
Planned Parenthood’s trans hormone business is booming, creating thousands of new patients ‘for life’
The Lion, December 19, 2023
The number of transgender services performed at Planned Parenthood clinics exploded over the past few years as the transgender medical industry became increasingly lucrative, according to data published by the organization’s regional branches.
Supreme Court to Weigh Major Case on Abortion Pill Approval
Daily Signal, December 13, 2023
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Pediatricians, and the Christian Medical & Dental Associations filed a lawsuit against the FDA in November 2022, claiming that the FDA had ignored safety protocols to approve the abortion pill mifepristone.
Obamacare LGBTQ+ Discrimination Clause Could Cause Circuit Split
US Law Week, December 6, 2023
Sixth Circuit judges grappled Wednesday with whether two groups representing conservative doctors should have a chance to challenge an antidiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act that they say threatens their religious liberty, in a case that presents the possibility of a circuit split.
Pediatricians reject harmful Biden gender mandate for children
Alliance Defending Freedom, December 5, 2023
In the lawsuit, the physicians are challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate requiring doctors to perform controversial and life-altering procedures and surgeries for individuals seeking to alter their bodies to match their gender identity, including children, even if doing so violates the physician’s medical judgment, religious beliefs, or conscientious objections.
The Biden Administration’s Devious Ploy to Get Doctors to Violate Their Oath
National Review, December 5, 2023
The Biden administration is mandating that doctors perform so-called “sex-change surgeries” and provide harmful, life-altering drugs to their patients on demand, even for children, even if doing so violates a doctor’s medical judgment or religious beliefs.
DeSantis ad blasts Nikki Haley's views on trans issues, China, free speech
The Christian Post, November 28, 2023
A new political ad slams Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for her stances on trans issues, China and free speech. One clip shows Haley's appearance on Fox News to discuss how “when I was governor, [the Legislature] wanted to bring in a bathroom bill, a transgender bathroom bill," which she opposed.
American Academy of Pediatrics Named In Bombshell Detransitioner Lawsuit
Daily Wire, October 24, 2023
A woman who was pumped with testosterone and underwent hormone therapy when she was a young teenager is suing both her doctors and the American Academy of Pediatrics, which her lawyers say has knowingly lied about the impact of the radical sex-change treatments.
Biological Integrity Initiative Arms Parents Against 'Transgender Ideology’
National Catholic Register, October 20, 2023
A pro-life physicians’ association is fighting transgender ideology with a new initiative, warning that public schools and authorities pose risks to teens confused about their biological sex.
School-based healthcare centers on path to ‘eliminating parents’ rights’
The Lion, October 19, 2023
The Biden administration’s ramp-up of school-based health centers (SBHCs) is moving public education further toward government intrusion in the parent-child relationship.
Friend-of-court briefs paint wildly divergent views of transgender care
Florida Phoenix, October 18, 2023
Attorneys general in 18 states have joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s defense of state law banning common medical treatments for transgender adults under Medicaid and for most transgender children in the state.
GOP leaders clash with medical groups in trans cases
CBS News, Miami, October 16, 2023
Republican attorneys general from across the country and major medical organizations are trying to help sway a federal appeals court as it considers Florida restrictions on treatments for transgender people.
Dr. Quentin Van Meter on the Dangers of Transgender Procedures for Kids
Washington Watch, October 2, 2023
Dr. Quentin Van Meter, former American College of Pediatricians President, comments on the American College of Pediatricians’ new initiative to expose the dangers of transgender procedures on children.
Pediatrician Group Launches New Initiative To Expose Danger Of Transgender Procedures On Kids
The Daily Wire, September 29, 2023
This initiative has compiled online resources for teens, physicians, schools, policymakers, and parents whose children struggle with gender dysphoria. The ACPeds is a national, not-for-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, that has members from 47 different states and several countries.
Doctor Explains What We Do and Don’t Know About Gender Transition Treatments on Minors
The Daily Signal, September 27, 2023
Given the rise in gender-identity treatments for children, the American College of Pediatricians launched a new initiative called the Biological Integrity Initiative to provide not only medical professionals, “but also parents, teachers, policymakers, even teens themselves who are questioning some of these things” with resources and scientific data on the known effects of gender treatments on children.
Thousands of Minors are Currently Undergoing Gender Transition Surgeries
Family Research Council, August 31, 2023
Quentin Van Meter, former American College of Pediatricians President, comments on reports that thousands of minors are currently undergoing gender transition surgeries.
Study: Patients aged 12-18 account for 8% of trans surgeries
Catholic News Agency, August 30, 2023
Patients between the ages of 12 and 18 accounted for nearly 8% of transgender surgeries from 2016 through 2020, according to estimates provided in a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Ideology's Running the Show
American Family Association, August 18, 2023
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), which supports medical and surgical intervention for children who are confused about their gender, has rejected three European panels who want more guardrails on what are often irreversible treatments.
Doctors Group Urges Peers to Rethink Minors Trans Care
NewsMax, August 17, 2023
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), in a press release Thursday, said it was "disappointed that the AAP has reaffirmed its support for transgender interventions on minors."
Pediatricians Urge Medical Group To Reverse ‘Scientifically Unproven’ Transgender Guidelines
The Daily Caller, August 11, 2023
The pediatrician group American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is urging the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to rethink its guidance for transgender-identified children.
Doctors’ group urges American Academy of Pediatricians to rethink minor transgender treatments
Catholic News Agency, August 10, 2023
A major pediatrician’s group is urging the influential American Academy of Pediatricians to reevaluate its support for extreme transgender treatments performed on children, with the group claiming there is a lack of significant evidence to justify those procedures.
AAP Reaffirms Policy Supporting Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
MedPage Today, August 8, 2023
Not everyone was happy with the AAP's decision. The fact that the organization is conducting its review after reaffirming its position, rather than the other way around, "is awful; things like that should not happen," said Quentin Van Meter, MD, past president of the American College of Pediatricians.
Louisiana lawmakers override governor's veto to ban gender transition surgeries for minors
The Christian Post, July 19, 2023
The Louisiana legislature has overridden the Democratic governor’s veto of a measure banning gender transition surgeries for minors, making it one of nearly two dozen states to have passed such a measure.
Loyola University offers course in ‘transgender’ health care, including treatment of children
Catholic News Agency, July 13, 2023
The Jesuit-run Loyola University Chicago is offering students a course in “transgender” medicine, including the treatment of children who identify as transgender.
Doctor Opposed To Child Transgenderism Says He Received Eerie Package With White Powder
Daily Wire, June 26, 2023
A doctor who has vocally opposed the medical transition of minors said he was recently sent a package containing white powder bearing similarities to letters sent to Kansas, Tennessee, and Montana state lawmakers.
Psychology Has Been Hijacked by Gender Activists
Crisis Magazine, June 21, 2023
The American Psychological Association has rejected mental health norms that require an individual’s thoughts to align with physical reality in order to promote a focus on emotional distress and to avoid labeling gender confusion as mental illness.
The Washington Post exposes conservative doctors as being, yes, conservative
Washington Examiner, June 15, 2023
The 52-paragraph report put together by three journalists shows — drum roll, please — the doctors in the organization are, in fact, conservative.
Biden blasts bans on sex-changes for kids; faces criticism for 'progress pride' flag at White House
The Christian Post, June 12, 2023
President Joe Biden is taking heat for his advocacy of sex-change surgeries for minors, including chemical and surgical castration, and the White House’s display of an LGBT progress pride flag, with one prominent conservative commentator maintaining that “the ideological coup is complete.”
Most Americans oppose schools counseling kids on gender identity without parental consent: poll
The Christian Post, June 3, 2023
A new poll reveals that a majority of Americans oppose schools counseling students on their gender identity without parental consent as efforts to push back against aspects of LGBT ideology continue to pass at the state level.
Cyberattacked for Truth
The Stream, May 24, 2023
“This was coordinated on many fronts,” Dr. Simons said, “and was meant to intimidate and incapacitate us. It has not silenced us. It has not intimidated us. It’s done quite the opposite. We have received tremendous support… We are stronger than ever.”
Pro-Life Pediatricians Reveal Full Story Behind Cyberattack
The Daily Signal
Last week, the American College of Pediatricians endured a cyberattack carried out by hackers intending to cause major damage. As if that wasn’t enough, news of the hack was then leaked to a hostile journalist in a fleeting attempt to damage the organization’s reputation.
The Junk Science of Transgenderism
Mind Union, Episode 18, April 9, 2023
Children are being pushed through the gender affirming care medical mill with devastating consequences to their long term health. A recently released paper blows gaping holes into the Dutch Protocol – the junk science behind Gender Affirming Care. Two experts in the field, Dr. Quentin Van Meter and Dr. Andre Van Mol provide expert commentary on the findings of the paper.
Judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill, blames 'political pressure' for lack of restrictions
The Christian Post, April 8, 2023
The Court does not second-guess FDA's decision-making lightly. But here, FDA acquiesced on its legitimate safety concerns — in violation of its statutory duty — based on plainly unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions, Judge Kacsmaryk wrote in his opinion.
Dual court rulings throw confusion into abortion drug debate
Roll Call, April 7, 2023
Two federal district judges issued dueling opinions Friday over the Food and Drug Administration's approval and regulation of an abortion medication more than 20 years ago, adding confusion to a growing morass of abortion-related litigation resulting from last year's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
White House hosts trans-identified youth roundtable to discuss 'political attacks'
The Christian Post, April 6, 2023
The White House hosted a "Roundtable Affirming Transgender Kids" Friday in recognition of the "Transgender Day of Visibility" as part of its advocacy against "discriminatory" state laws banning sex-change surgeries for minors and state-level bans on biological males competing in women's sports.
‘First, do no harm:’ Gender dysphoria and watchful waiting
Restoration NewsMedia, April 6, 2023
Watchful waiting involves caring for children and adolescents suffering from gender incongruence/gender dysphoria with an approach that recognizes the very real struggle that these children face, while at the same time searching for root causes of the incongruence. Professional pediatric medical organizations differ in their support of this approach.
Kentucky legislature overrides Democratic governor's veto of transgender youth bill
Washington Examiner, March 29, 2023
The Kentucky legislature voted to override their Democratic governor's veto of a sweeping bill regarding transgender issues. Senate Bill 150 addresses a number of issues related to transgender youth, including bathroom use, surgeries, and pronoun usage at school.
FDA stonewalled abortion drug concerns to escape responsibility for their dangers
Washington Examiner, March 27, 2023
In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration failed in its duty to protect the American public with its initial approval of chemical abortion drugs. But in the decades since, it has added insult to injury.
Texas House committee takes on bill barring transgender-related health care
KVUE, March 27, 2023
On Monday, before the House Committee on Public Health, the president of the American College of Pediatricians advocated for HB 1686. Dr. Quentin Van Meter said transgender-related health care for children is harmful and can be detrimental to children's lives.
Gov. Beshear's veto puts Kentucky's kids in harm's way
Kentucky Today, March 24, 2023
On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed SB 150, which protects Kentucky school kids from controversial LGBT indoctrination in K-5 public school classrooms, makes clear that bathroom and locker room policy corresponds to biological sex, and prohibits gender transitions of minors.
Iowa becomes 10th state to ban gender transition surgeries for minors
The Christian Post, March 24, 2023
Reynolds' signature of SF 538 makes Iowa the 10th state to prohibit the performance of some or all gender transition procedures on minors. The others are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah.
Experts applaud new Catholic instruction against transgender interventions
Our Sunday Visitor, March 21, 2023
Bishops say, “Such interventions, thus, do not respect the fundamental order of the human person as an intrinsic unity of body and soul, with a body that is sexually differentiated,” they stressed. “Bodiliness is a fundamental aspect of human existence, and so is the sexual differentiation of the body.”
DeSantis releases video of mutilated bodies after Biden claims protecting kids from trans surgeries is 'sinful'
The Christian Post, March 15, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back on President Joe Biden’s characterization of legislation banning sex-change surgeries for minors as “sinful” by sharing graphic images of bodies maimed by such procedures.
ACPeds Challenges the FDA Approval of Abortion Drugs
NBC Nightly News, March 15, 2023
The American College of Pediatricians appeared on NBC Nightly News as a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the FDA's approval of chemical abortion.
The Family That Dines Together Shines Together
The Federalist, March 13, 2023
Preserving national and religious identity and practices must begin with the promotion of family dinner. To this end, families should be willing to rearrange their schedules and make sacrifices elsewhere to ensure they eat together.
Medical Professionals Are Against Abortion Drugs
EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, February 18, 2023
Pregnant women are at risk of harm or injury when abortion pills are dispensed without medical oversight.
The Sims 4' allows players to get 'top surgery' scars, breast binders and 'tucking' underwear
The Christian Post, February 3, 2023
A popular video game now allows users to create characters that have skin scars from sex-change surgeries as concerns grow about the harm done to youth who undergo extreme body mutilating surgeries like double mastectomies and castration.
The Whole Transgender Industry Is Founded On Two Faulty Studies
The Federalist, February 1, 2023
Two studies that formed the foundation of the transgender industry in the U.S. should never have been accepted by the professional community.
Doctors fight federal rule prescribing transgender ideology
World, January 24, 2023
Two medical professional organizations have challenged an Obama-era rule that has forced many healthcare workers into conflicts with their ethical or religious beliefs about sex and gender. On Jan. 13, the American College of Pediatricians and the Catholic Medical Association appealed an earlier court decision, calling the rule an attempt to squelch debate on controversial and experimental procedures.
Federal judge could decide as soon as February to yank abortion pill nationwide
Indiana Capital Chronicle, January 24, 2023
A Texas judge could decide as soon as next month whether to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pull its two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill, which accounts for more than half of pregnancy terminations in the United States.
All but two Texas Democrats vote against Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
The Center Square, January 13, 2023
Babies that survived an abortion are considered a legal person and entitled to protections of all U.S. laws, according to the bill, which would require abortion facilities and medical providers to provide medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion as they would any other newborn.
FDA rejects petitions on use of abortion pill mifepristone
Healthcare Finance, January 6, 2023
This week, the FDA loosened restrictions for the abortion pill by allowing retail pharmacies to dispense it. Walgreens and CVS both plan to get certified to dispense mifepristone to patients in states where abortion remains legal, according to CNBC.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is often cited in the media for its stand. With the understanding that the ACPeds may not always be accurately quoted, these unedited articles offer the reader exposure to various debates on issues affecting the child and the family.
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