COLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — A children’s hospital in Ohio will no longer assist gender-confused individuals of any age in acquiring permanently damaging drugs to make them look more like the opposite sex.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus announced it will end the procedures for both minors and adults. Current state law generally prohibits gender-related surgeries and drugs for individuals under 18. The legislature passed the law at the end of 2023, which liberal Republican Governor Mike DeWine then vetoed. In January 2024, the legislature overrode his veto.
The prohibition went into effect last Friday. “Although we are currently in compliance with state and federal regulations, in order to proactively plan and support our providers and patients in a rapidly changing regulatory environment, Nationwide Children’s providers will discontinue prescribing gender-affirming medications to patients effective September 26,” a spokesperson previously told the media.
The state supreme court upheld the law this spring, saying it could be enforced while lawsuits continue. In June, the United States Supreme Court upheld state laws that prohibit the procedures for minors.
Additionally, the Trump administration has forbidden hospitals from accepting federal funding if they commit surgical or chemical mutilation on children. The directives have led to dozens of hospitals ending the procedures, which can include the removal of healthy breasts or testicles, in order to avoid a loss of federal funding.
It is not possible for someone to change his or her sex, a fact confirmed by biologists.
Additionally, medical experts have confirmed that transgender drugs and surgeries can cause permanent damage, including infertility and bone density loss, while also being linked to suicide. Furthermore, a multi-million dollar federally funded research project found individuals using puberty blockers had worse mental health outcomes than those who did not use them. The lead researcher on the project tried to bury the results from publication because she was worried they would undermine the LGBT agenda.
An official Department of Health and Human Services review of existing literature found evidence for the procedures is lacking.
“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,” HHS stated in May. “That weakness has been a consistent finding of systematic reviews of evidence around the world.”
“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,” HHS stated in its release.
The review adds to a growing body of evidence, including testimony from formerly gender-confused individuals, that suggests the procedures are not helpful and in fact create long-term damage.
