HHS Report: Transgender Treatment for Minors

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HHS Report: Transgender Treatment for Minors

Evidence points to significant risks, including irreversible harms such as infertility while finding very weak evidence of benefit - a consistent finding of systematic reviews of evidence around the world.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2025
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HHS Releases Comprehensive Review of Medical Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Office of Population Affairs, released a comprehensive review, opens in a new tab of the evidence and best practices for promoting the health of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. This review, informed by an evidence-based medicine approach, reveals serious concerns about medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries, that attempt to transition children and adolescents away from their sex.

The review highlights a growing body of evidence pointing to significant risks—including irreversible harms such as infertility—while finding very weak evidence of benefit. That weakness has been a consistent finding of systematic reviews of evidence around the world.

The review also fills a gap in the medical literature and existing clinical practice reviews with regard to the ethical aspects of pediatric medical transition. HHS believes that medical ethics should be central in this debate. ...

Report at: https://opa.hhs.gov/gender-dysphoria-report

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Jillian Michaels
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New report on "gender affirming care" released by The Department of Health and Human Services.  The U.S. report analyzes 17 international reviews of the medical evidence examining social transition, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, surgery, and psychotherapy.

The reviews reveal “deep uncertainty” about the purported benefits of these interventions, while finding that the risks are substantial and include: “infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone-density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications and regret.” 

https://thefp.com/p/evidence-for-pediatric-gender-transitions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
11:47 AM · May 5, 2025