{"id":1679619,"date":"2022-10-08T10:04:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679619"},"modified":"2022-10-08T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:05:15","slug":"top-medical-center-to-pause-transgender-surgeries-on-minors-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-medical-center-to-pause-transgender-surgeries-on-minors-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftop-medical-center-to-pause-transgender-surgeries-on-minors-after-backlash%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=1679619&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--><p>A top medical center in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-tennessee\">Tennessee<\/a> is pausing the removal of breasts and other procedures that it says were performed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-transgender\">transgender<\/a> youth in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) disclosed the pause in a letter to a state representative on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>VUMC doctors have performed breast removals and other surgeries for youth who think they\u2019re a different gender, according to lectures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pediatric-doctor-says-transgender-surgery-big-moneymaker-tennessee-governor-calls-for-investigation_4736164.html\">given by VUMC doctors<\/a>. Archived versions of the webpage for the VUMC \u201cpediatric transgender clinic\u201d says that puberty blockers and \u201cgender-affirming therapy\u201d are among the services offered.<\/p>\n<p>The transgender clinic, which also services adults, has performed \u201cgender-affirming surgical procedures\u201d for an average of five minors per year since it started in 2018,\u00a0Dr. C. Wright Pinson, deputy CEO, told state Republican Rep. Jason Zachary in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonZacharyTN\/status\/1578474545131888640\">the new letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of the minors were 16 or older, none received \u201cgenital procedures,\u201d and parental consent was obtained for all patients, according to Pinson.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary and 61 other Tennessee House Republicans in September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tennessee-republicans-ask-vanderbilt-hospital-to-pause-transgender-surgeries-on-children_4761518.html\">asked VUMC<\/a> to pause what they described as \u201csurgical mutilations of minor children\u201d until they had a chance to craft and pass legislation that prohibits such procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Pinson\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>WPATH\u2019s recommendations say that youth should show\u00a0\u201cseveral years of persistent gender diversity [or] incongruence\u201d before being given hormones or surgeries but the group also removed any age restrictions regarding transgender surgeries, which include breast removal and womb removal.<\/p>\n<p>The review may take several months, Pinson said. He also said that if new laws are passed VUMC will comply with them.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary said in a statement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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