{"id":1663658,"date":"2022-09-29T07:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663658"},"modified":"2022-09-29T07:19:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:19:57","slug":"tennessee-gop-lawmakers-blast-vanderbilt-for-mutilating-children-threatening-doctors-who-objected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gop-lawmakers-blast-vanderbilt-for-mutilating-children-threatening-doctors-who-objected\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee GOP Lawmakers Blast Vanderbilt For Mutilating Children, Threatening Doctors Who Objected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-gop-lawmakers-blast-vanderbilt-for-mutilating-children-threatening-doctors-who-objected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663658&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Sixty-two members of the Tennessee House of Representatives sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:34d0db4a-874d-3990-821f-a4e43d10d8ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Wednesday urging its Pediatric Transgender Clinic to immediately halt all gender-bending trans surgeries performed on minors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply troubling that Vanderbilt University Medical Center appears to be motivated by profits in its practice of recommending such radical and life-altering surgery for minors,\u201d state Rep. Jason Zachary, who penned the letter, wrote. \u201cWe expect Vanderbilt\u2019s Board of Directors to simply do what is right by choosing to protect the well-being and health of vulnerable children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes after videos on social media of a Vanderbilt doctor describing the surgeries as a \u201chuge money maker\u201d for the hospital went viral. Another video shows a staff member saying there would be \u201cconsequences\u201d for employees who decline to participate in these mutilative surgeries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile those 18-years and older are recognized as legal adults and free to make decisions in their best interest, it is an egregious error of judgment that an institution as highly respected as Vanderbilt would condone (and promote) harmful and irreversible procedures for minor children in the name of profit,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"4vmanO5s8Ecl1y0AdVthTpPJZUFH3zL6CMXQkuiGrxNeKoDR9SB7jb2gYw\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vanderbilt was apparently concerned that not all of its staff would be on board. Dr. Ellen Clayton warned that &#8220;conscientious objections&#8221; are &#8220;problematic.&#8221; Anyone who decides not to be involved in transition surgeries due to &#8220;religious beliefs&#8221; will face &#8220;consequences&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CgNicrG4Mg\">pic.twitter.com\/CgNicrG4Mg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1572313566589468672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Zachary also reiterated that Vanderbilt and its affiliates should honor its employees\u2019 religious and conscientious objections to opt out of performing certain surgeries and procedures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, Vanderbilt\u2019s Pediatric Transgender Clinic has offered wrongly termed \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d for minors, including performing double mastectomies on otherwise healthy teenage girls, and chemically castrating children with drugs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/article\/national\/lucy-collins\/what-woman-documentary-puberty-blocker-used-chemically-castrate-sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">normally reserved for sex offenders<\/a>, rendering them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abigailshrier.substack.com\/p\/not-a-kitchen-table-issue-jen-psaki?s=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infertile<\/a>. After The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/the-real-victim-of-matt-walshs-trans-expose-isnt-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-its-all-the-kids-they-maimed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exposed<\/a>\u00a0the facility, Vanderbilt wiped its web pages promoting permanent transgender surgeries for kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Republicans are giving Vanderbilt 10 days to respond to the letter. Regardless of Vanderbilt\u2019s response, they plan to introduce legislation barring gender-bending procedures for minors when the Tennessee General Assembly convenes on January 10, 2023.\u00a0Tennessee\u2019s Republican Gov. Bill Lee has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gov-bill-lee-calls-for-investigation-of-vanderbilts-pediatric-transgender-clinic-following-matt-walsh-bombshell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> for an investigation into Vanderbilt\u2019s Pediatric Transgender Clinic.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Victoria Marshall is a staff writer at The Federalist. Her writing has been featured in the New York Post, National Review, and Townhall. She graduated from Hillsdale College in May 2021 with a major in politics and a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @vemrshll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty-two members of the Tennessee House of Representatives sent a letter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Wednesday urging its Pediatric Transgender Clinic to immediately halt all gender-bending trans surgeries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1130,"featured_media":1663660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1663658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}