Boston Children’s Hospital Decries ‘Misinformation’ After Promoting ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgeries

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Facing a backlash over a widely accessible video series promoting “gender-affirming” surgeries, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) quietly updated its website to indicate that such procedures are only available to adults, accusing those who question otherwise of spreading “misinformation.”

The pediatric hospital, which offers “surgical care of transgender patients” at its Center of Gender Surgery, came under fire after a promotional video went viral on social media.

The video features Dr. Frances Grimstad, a pediatric gynecologist who explains, accompanied by upbeat background music, the process of a “gender-affirming hysterectomy.” Specifically, hysterectomy involves the removal of much of one’s female reproductive system, including the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, and sometimes the ovaries.

The video is part of a 90-video series explaining transgender-related operations. The children’s hospital’s YouTube playlist featuring those videos is now hidden from the public.

33-second clip of the video became widely circulated on social media after it was shared by popular Twitter personality Libs of Tik Tok, who claimed that the BCH offered this irreversible and sterilizing-in-nature surgery to “young girls.”

In response to the online outrage, the BCH on Aug. 16 insisted that it “does not—and will not—perform a hysterectomy as part of gender-affirming care on a patient under the age of 18.”

“For a hysterectomy performed as part of gender affirming care, Boston Children’s requires a patient to be capable of consenting for themselves. Age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision-making,” the hospital stated, alleging that its employees have been the target of “threat of violence” fueled by “misinformation” and “lack of understanding and respect” for transgender people.

“We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms, and we reject the false narrative upon which they are based,” it added.

The BCH website has also been updated to reflect the statement. It now states that “all genital surgeries are only performed on patients age 18 and older.”

By Bill Pan

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