{"id":2627194,"date":"2026-07-09T09:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disfigured-texas-woman-allowed-to-sue-therapist-for-transgender-medicine-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:07:06","slug":"disfigured-texas-woman-allowed-to-sue-therapist-for-transgender-medicine-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disfigured-texas-woman-allowed-to-sue-therapist-for-transgender-medicine-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Allowed To Sue Therapist For Transgender Medicine Fraud"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdisfigured-texas-woman-allowed-to-sue-therapist-for-transgender-medicine-fraud%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=2627194&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 Texas Supreme Court case has permitted a detransitioning individual, Soren Aldaco, to pursue a lawsuit against her former therapist, Barbara wood, overturning a previous statute of limitations defense. Aldaco, who was a minor at the time, underwent a double mastectomy after being recommended by Wood, despite her suffering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a> and gender dysphoria that were allegedly overlooked. The physical and psychological harms she experienced prompted her to seek damages. Earlier courts dismissed her claim due to the statute of limitations, but the Supreme Court ruled that the clock for filing injuries begins at the time the harm occurs, not when the advice was made. This ruling broadens accountability for practitioners involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >approving irreversible transgender procedures<\/a>, which can lead to serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-study-results-facemasks-are-ineffective-to-block-transmission-of-covid-19-and-actually-can-cause-health-deterioration-and-premature-death\/\" title=\"STANFORD STUDY SAYS MASKS ARE \u2018INEFFECTIVE\u2019, HAVE \u2018DEVASTATING HEALTH CONSEQUENCES\u2019\">long-term health consequences<\/a>. The decision has already influenced other cases,encouraging more detransitioners to file lawsuits against providers for malpractice and negligence related to transgender interventions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/supreme-court\/2026\/24-1069.html?__cf_chl_f_tk=SY11picbKlGkFrgsE39BFYXFas3a4yZh1vpmCS38fsE-1782867651-1.0.1.1-nTjKUj8I.yyw9fNrAZ0g8fL7u5Cpo1C3C80Vn2Ntb4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landmark ru<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/supreme-court\/2026\/24-1069.html?__cf_chl_f_tk=SY11picbKlGkFrgsE39BFYXFas3a4yZh1vpmCS38fsE-1782867651-1.0.1.1-nTjKUj8I.yyw9fNrAZ0g8fL7u5Cpo1C3C80Vn2Ntb4k\">ling<\/a> issued in Texas will allow a detransitioner\u2019s lawsuit against her former therapist to move forward, overturning a statute of limitations defense that would have shielded the provider who signed off on a double mastectomy for a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Soren Aldaco was a struggling minor when transgender procedure providers offered her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-girls-deemed-transgender-by-uk-health-service-for-not-liking-pink-ribbons-and-dollies\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Girls Deemed \u2018Transgender\u2019 by UK Health Service for Not Liking &#039;Pink Ribbons and Dollies\u2019\">opposite-sex hormones<\/a>. Then, when she was 19, surgeons removed both her breasts upon the recommendation of her then-therapist Barbara Wood. At the time Aldaco suffered from gender dysphoria and other mental illnesses, which Wood allegedly overlooked to secure Aldaco a mutilating double mastectomy.<\/p>\n<p>The effects of the surgery were physically and mentally brutal. Excessive bruising and swelling, surgery site drains, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9g-NjM25YM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evasive behavior<\/a> of the surgery clinic\u2019s staff took a toll, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9g-NjM25YM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aldaco said<\/a>. The drastic, irreversible disfigurement she suffered at the hands of those she entrusted with her healing led her to seek damages.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Gross Negligence\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Aldaco filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/texasscorecard.com\/state\/texas-supreme-court-to-decide-if-detransitioners-lawsuit-can-proceed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> against Wood and her employer in July 2023, alleging negligence and fraud. Although Wood had not counseled Aldaco for gender dysphoria, she had been more than willing to sign her over to surgeons for an irreversible transgender procedure, the suit claimed, one that did nothing to allay the young woman\u2019s identity struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The suit was heard in a trial court and a court of appeals, but those courts dismissed it on the grounds of the expired two-year statute of limitations. The disagreement revolved around the timeline of the required surgery recommendation letter Wood signed. The statute of limitations had expired by the time of the filing, the lower courts held, but Aldaco continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/19\/another-detransitioner-is-suing-her-pro-trans-therapist-for-malpractice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal<\/a>. Her lawyer argued that as the therapist who signed off on the irreversible, mutilating surgery, Wood should be held liable from the date of the surgery that caused harm, not from the date of the letter she signed recommending it. The surgery, not the letter, was what led to the permanent disfigurement Aldaco now lives with.<\/p>\n<h2>Supreme Court Win<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9TaXEX_NtHw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opening arguments<\/a> were presented to the state\u2019s Supreme Court in February. Near the end of June, Aldaco won her case.<\/p>\n<p>According to the justices, Texas law allows two years for the filing of an injury claim, and notice was given within two years of Aldaco\u2019s surgery. They reversed the court of appeals decision, leaving Aldaco free to sue Wood and Wood\u2019s employer. The Texas high court\u2019s ruling affirms that malpractice cases extend beyond the surgeons involved in transition treatment; practitioners who approve and encourage physical disfigurement as a treatment for mental health disorders are also legally culpable.<\/p>\n<p>More significant, the Texas case clarifies that the timeline of a medical malpractice lawsuit does commence at the time the tort, or injury, occurred, but can extend back to practitioners involved in the approval process. The decision is particularly important for detransitioners seeking legal damages. The harms of transgender interventions are many and varied. Infertility, <a href=\"https:\/\/opa.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-06\/gender-dysphoria-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organ damage<\/a>, blood changes, and a multitude of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/cross-sex-hormones-estrogen-transgender-affirming-care-health-risks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cancer risks<\/a> are associated with opposite-sex hormone use. The mutilating surgeries are irreversible.<\/p>\n<p>Patients harmed by the atrocities of transgender \u201cmedicine\u201d may not experience the full effect for years, especially those coerced into treatment as minors. The legal system in Texas has taken a significant step in widening the net of accountability.<\/p>\n<h2>Gaining Momentum<\/h2>\n<p>Some providers are already reconsidering whether to perform transgender interventions, as detransitioner lawsuits gain ground in the courts. In May, a detransitioned woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/detransitioner-wins-settlement-after-suing-providers-following-gender-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">privately settled<\/a> with mental health providers who approved the surgical removal of her breasts, alleging only two telehealth appointments preceded the permanently disfiguring procedure. In January, detransitioner Fox Varian <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/10\/successful-lawsuit-over-transgender-surgery-ends-a-decades-long-horror-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won<\/a> a landmark lawsuit against the practitioners who approved and conducted her mutilating transgender surgery as a minor. Varian was awarded $2 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Another high-profile <a href=\"https:\/\/libertycenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Complaint1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> filed by detransitioner Chloe Brockman (Chloe Cole) will go to a jury trial in 2027 after an appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalnewsline.com\/northern-california-record\/woman-ok-to-sue-kaiser-over-gender-transition-deception\/article_41f3f41a-20b8-4a0f-8ed7-80d017e7cf6a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> against medical giant Kaiser Permanente\u2019s \u201carbitration clause\u201d defense last year. Cole is suing the medical giant for negligence involving transgender procedures by health providers at Kaiser facilities.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Ashley Bateman is a policy writer for The Heartland Institute. Her work has been featured in The Washington Times, The Daily Caller, The New York Post, The American Thinker, the Ascension Press blog, and numerous other publications. She previously worked as an adjunct scholar for The Lexington Institute and as editor, writer, and photographer for The Warner Weekly, a publication for the American military community in Bamberg, Germany. She and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-sanctioned-suicide-is-the-4th-leading-cause-of-death-in-canada\/\" title=\"State-Sanctioned Suicide Is The 4th Leading Cause Of Death In Canada\">brilliant engineer\/scientist husband homeschool<\/a> their six children.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas court allows detransitioner\u2019s lawsuit to proceed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":2627195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-07-07T124901.787.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32285,36491,82464,82465,35159],"class_list":["post-2627194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-legal-case","tag-lgbtq-issues","tag-medical-fraud","tag-therapy-misconduct","tag-transgender-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-07-07T124901.787.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627194","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\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627198,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627194\/revisions\/2627198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}