Federal government ‘manufactured’ science to push child mutilation, documents show
The Biden administration pressured a so-called medical association to issue “scientific” guidelines that allowed the government to push genital mutilation in children, according to recently discovered documents.
Lawmakers in states such as Tennessee and Alabama, who have been trying to ban child mutilation, are facing legal onslaughts from the federal government. These challenges have been largely successful, with courts citing “scientific guidance” from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) that promotes genital mutilation in children.
But recently revealed communications show that WPATH’s guidance was shaped by the Biden administration. The documents were obtained during the discovery phase of a lawsuit brought by the Biden administration against the State of Alabama, whose legislators are attempting to ban child mutilation.
Federal government urges removal of age limits
In one unearthed email, Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, who changed his name from Richard, pressed WPATH not to put any age limits on child mutilation surgery. According to draft guidance, WPATH had been planning to recommend a minimum age of 17 for hysterectomies and genital surgeries, 16 for facial surgeries and breast augmentations, 15 for mastectomies, and 14 for hormone treatments.
But Levine’s then-Chief of Staff Sarah Boateng emailed WPATH, saying that placing age limits would lead to "devastating legislation for trans care."
"[Levine] wonders if the specific ages can be taken out," Boateng wrote.
An internal email from WPATH said Levine “was very concerned that having ages (mainly for surgery) will affect access to health care for trans youth and maybe adults too. Apparently the situation In the USA is terrible and she and the Biden administration worried that having ages in the document will make matters worse. She asked us to remove them.”
WPATH complies, removes age limits
WPATH obeyed. Some of the organization’s operatives balked at the decision to change “scientific” guidance due to political pressure.
“I am a little surprised that we would be asked to do this after all the care and endless discussion by experts to reach this consensus on ages for surgeries,” wrote one.
Another complained: “It is frustrating to have to have politics in our brains as we make these decisions. But it is what it is!”
Federal government uses guidance to legalize child mutilation
The Biden administration then used the newly altered guidance to sue the State of Tennessee after lawmakers voted to ban child mutilation.
“Standards of care for treating transgender youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria have been published by several well-established medical organizations, including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health,” the government argued in the lawsuit.
Courts use WPATH guidance to block child mutilation bans
Judge Eli Richardson, a Trump appointee, sided with the federal government against Tennessee and blocked enforcement of the child mutilation ban. In his decision, Judge Richardson cited WPATH’s guidance.
“WPATH is the leading association of medical and mental health professionals in the treatment of transgender individuals . . . The guidelines are based on scientific research and clinical experience,” he wrote. “The Court thus evaluates Defendants’ evidence in light of the prevailing standards of care and conclusions contained in the WPATH and Endocrine Society guidelines.”
The judge also noted that “several courts in cases similar to this have relied on these guidelines.”
When Tennessee officials argued that children who undergo mutilation are often unable to reproduce, Richardson again cited WPATH’s guidance.
“Indeed, the WPATH guidelines explain that ‘there is evidence that fertility is still possible for individuals taking estrogen and testosterone…’ The Court is therefore not convinced that possible negative impacts on fertility warrant an outright ban on procedures used to treat gender dysphoria in minors,” wrote the judge. He also cited WPATH’s claims that “gender affirming care can help [transgender individuals] improve their sexual function and increase their sexual pleasure and satisfaction.”
However, WPATH President Marci Bowers has admitted that she has never known a boy to achieve orgasm after being pumped with puberty blockers.
Richardson's ruling was overturned on appeal. The Tennessee case will be heard by the US Supreme Court.
Biden administration ‘manufactured the outcome’
Stanley Goldfarb, a medical expert who heads the organization Do No Harm, slammed the federal government for “bullying” WPATH.
“It is shameful and wrong that Levine and allies manufactured the outcome they needed to corner politicians into endorsing dangerous and experimental medical treatments for children,” Goldfarb told the Daily Wire. He added that the Biden administration “used the power of the federal government to bully WPATH into disguising bad politics as independent, evidence-based science.”
