Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash

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A top medical center in Tennessee is pausing the removal of breasts and other procedures that it says were performed on transgender youth in recent years.

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) disclosed the pause in a letter to a state representative on Oct. 7.

VUMC doctors have performed breast removals and other surgeries for youth who think theyโ€™re a different gender, according to lectures given by VUMC doctors. Archived versions of the webpage for the VUMC โ€œpediatric transgender clinicโ€ says that puberty blockers and โ€œgender-affirming therapyโ€ are among the services offered.

The transgender clinic, which also services adults, has performed โ€œgender-affirming surgical proceduresโ€ for an average of five minors per year since it started in 2018, Dr. C. Wright Pinson, deputy CEO, told state Republican Rep. Jason Zachary in the new letter.

All of the minors were 16 or older, none received โ€œgenital procedures,โ€ and parental consent was obtained for all patients, according to Pinson.

Zachary and 61 other Tennessee House Republicans in September asked VUMC to pause what they described as โ€œsurgical mutilations of minor childrenโ€ until they had a chance to craft and pass legislation that prohibits such procedures.

Pinsonโ€™s letter, a response to the request, said that VUMC would pause the surgeries for minors while the center reviews a new version of recommendations by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) and consults with local and national experts on the updated recommendations.

WPATHโ€™s recommendations say that youth should show โ€œseveral years of persistent gender diversity [or] incongruenceโ€ before being given hormones or surgeries but the group also removed any age restrictions regarding transgender surgeries, which include breast removal and womb removal.

The review may take several months, Pinson said. He also said that if new laws are passed VUMC will comply with them.

Zachary said in a statement that he appreciated the response.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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