GOP Senator Calls for Investigation Into Missouri Transgender Medical Center’s ‘Sickening’ Treatment of Children

Sen. Josh Hawley’s investigation comes after the center’s former employee released damning exposé Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) Getty Images

Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) Announcement On Thursday, an investigation was launched into the Missouri Transgender Medical Center. “egregious abuses and potential malpractice regarding minors,” In response to an explosion Whistleblower The center’s report “morally and medically appalling” practices.

Hawley’s investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital sprang from an exposé that Jamie Reed, a self-described “queer woman” Reed, a former case manager at this center, published the same article the day before. Reed shared her four-year experiences at the center, as well as concerns about the center’s rush for minors. “permanent” And “harming” hormone treatments, “lack of formal protocols,” And “morally and medically appalling” Be kind to children

“This is a sickening account of forced sterilization and child abuse. Happening in Missouri at an institution that receives federal taxpayer funds,” Hawley stated in a Tweet Link to Reed’s article.

Missouri’s Republican state legislators have already filed a bill protecting children from gender-transition procedures. The bill is currently in committee. However, Caleb Rowden, the state Senate president pro-tempore, says that Republicans are united on this issue.

“We’re gonna take action on that issue,” Rowden said. “Our caucus is very united behind the idea that minors should not have gender reassignment surgery taken before the age of 18.”

Missouri is one of the few. 22 state legislatures Examining the potential risks of gender reassignment therapy on minors. Utah’s Spencer Cox (R. The first governor Sign such legislation into law. Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt (R.) It is strongly recommended His legislature prioritized a similar bill, sparking “Trans Lives Matter” Protesters stormed the state Capitol earlier in the week.

“By the time I departed [the St. Louis center], I was certain that the way the American medical system is treating these patients is the opposite of the promise we make to ‘do no harm,'” Reed wrote. “Instead, we are permanently harming the vulnerable patients in our care.”

Reed was horrified to see Reed’s doctor push hormone treatments for sex change procedures and sex treatment on children. “are simply not capable of fully grasping” The consequences of this are: Daily Caller Reports:

Reed … said doctors rushed children into irreversible sex change procedures, which can cause infertility and a host of other side effects, often against the wishes of parents, in