America’s Medical Establishment Is Finally Admitting the Truth — Too Late for Many Children

After years of denial, leading US medical organizations reverse course on pediatric gender surgery.

Editor’s Note:
This essay examines a significant shift now underway in US medicine. Two of the country’s most influential medical organizations have reversed course on pediatric gender surgery, conceding that irreversible interventions on minors are not supported by solid evidence and should generally be delayed until adulthood.

I addressed this development in a New York Post column published yesterday. Here, on Just the Facts, I take another look at why this reversal occurred, what it leaves unresolved, and why institutional accountability can no longer be deferred.
For nearly a decade, U.S. professional medical organizations insisted that pediatric gender surgery rested on a solid scientific foundation and represented established best practice.

Last week, two of the most powerful medical organizations in the United States—the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association—abandoned that position.

They now concede that irreversible gender surgeries on minors ar…