{"id":2652893,"date":"2026-09-01T08:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndelayed-study-from-pro-trans-researcher-finds-puberty-blockers-dont-help-kids\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:52:33","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndelayed-study-from-pro-trans-researcher-finds-puberty-blockers-dont-help-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndelayed-study-from-pro-trans-researcher-finds-puberty-blockers-dont-help-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Study Finds Puberty Blockers Don&#8217;t Help Kids"},"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\">16<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndelayed-study-from-pro-trans-researcher-finds-puberty-blockers-dont-help-kids%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=2652893&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 taxpayer-funded study released in 2024 confirms that puberty blockers adn sex-rejecting hormone therapies for minors do not produce the promised health benefits.The research, led by dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, tracked 95 children aged 8 to 16 over two years and found no significant improvements in depression, emotional, or behavioral health. Instead, these children continued to suffer mental health issues, and the treatments caused irreversible physical harms such as infertility, weakened bones, and sexual dysfunction. The study&#8217;s delayed publication was influenced by concerns over its findings contradicting the proponents&#8217; narratives, raising serious questions about scientific integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, harmful psychiatric practices like lobotomies have been abandoned once proven ineffective, and today&#8217;s so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-farm-backpedals-on-lgbt-book-distribution-to-kids\/\" title=\"State Farm Backpedals on LGBT Book Distribution to Kids\">-called gender-affirming treatments<\/a> are increasingly scrutinized for similar reasons. Many countries have restricted or abandoned such interventions due to weak evidence and serious risks. Recently, the Trump administration terminated federal Medicaid funding for these procedures on minors, citing scientific evidence and child protection. Reports have also exposed financial incentives and unethical practices driving the widespread adoption of these treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, legal actions challenge organizations like WPATH, which previously promoted controversial standards of care. Over 560 companies continue to provide or cover these procedures for minors, frequently enough funding experimental and irreversible medical interventions. Leading corporations like Charles Schwab and Walmart have recently discontinued coverage, recognizing the lack of scientific justification and the profound risks involved. Broad consensus is emerging that these treatments are not medically necessary and pose significant dangers to children.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion emphasizes that medicine should prioritize evidence-based care and safeguarding children, not advancing radical ideologies. Responsible companies should cease funding these damaging procedures, return to focus on core business principles, and prioritize the well-being of children. The released data underscores the urgent need to halt such treatments for minors and restore ethical, science-based medical practices.  <\/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 major taxpayer-funded study initiated in 2015 to observe the effects of puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormone therapies was <a href=\"https:\/\/static.dailysignalmedia.org\/2026\/08\/TransStudy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finally\u00a0released<\/a>. The results are anything but shocking.  <\/p>\n<p>While the authors were hoping to demonstrate that these unsupported therapies would prove beneficial, the study confirmed what every other credible study has shown: These drugs do not deliver the promised positive health outcomes for minors. <\/p>\n<p>The long-delayed findings from the NIH-funded Trans Youth Care study led by Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy have now been reported. It is notable that the final report was released only after the Oversight Project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dc-watchdog-sues-docs-modern-day-tuskegee-experiments-giving-transgender-rx-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a>. Without these efforts, this data might still\u00a0be buried.  <\/p>\n<p>The study followed roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/23\/science\/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">95<\/a> youth ages 8 to 16 on puberty blockers and tracked depression symptoms, emotional functioning, and parent-reported behavioral measures over a 24-month period. The results showed no significant improvement. Nada. <\/p>\n<p>Mental health metrics remained essentially \u201cstable,\u201d which was a kinder way of saying that the serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-pandemic-drives-record-breaking-number-of-drug-overdoses\/\" title=\"COVID...19 Pandemic Drives \u2018Record Breaking\u2019 Number Of Drug Overdoses\">mental health conditions<\/a> of the patients before receiving these controversial treatments remained serious afterward. There was no evidence of the positive\u00a0clinical gains that had been repeatedly asserted to justify these interventions on developing children. These children not only had to continue suffering from their unfortunate mental health issues; now these medical \u201cprofessionals\u201d just piled on with the\u00a0resulting lifelong physical harms.  <\/p>\n<p>This was clearly not the outcome the study\u2019s lead investigator wanted. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/23\/science\/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html\">The<\/a><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/23\/science\/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> New York Times<\/a><\/u>  reported in October 2024, Olson-Kennedy and her team withheld the data for years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/study-showing-puberty-blockers-do-not-improve-kids-mental-health-not-published-fear-being-weaponized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stating<\/a> they did not want the findings \u201cto be weaponized.\u201d Millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-calls-for-dr-faucis-ouster-lets-find-a-person-we-can-trust-politics-aside\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Calls For Dr. Fauci\u2019s Ouster: \u2018Let\u2019s Find A Person We Can Trust,\u2019 \u2018Politics Aside\u2019\">taxpayer dollars funded<\/a> the research. The public paid for the truth. Publication was delayed because the results upended their preferred ideological narrative. That is a profound betrayal of scientific\u00a0integrity. And of our children.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long ago in medical history that prefrontal lobotomies \u2014 the gruesome procedure that involved surgically severing connections in the brain \u2014 were widely accepted as a mainstream psychiatric \u201ctreatment,\u201d despite no medical evidence of their effectiveness. These operations had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-oregon-to-admit-decriminalizing-drugs-has-gone-horribly-wrong\/\" title=\"Oregon should say that decriminalizing medication has gone horribly wrong.\">devastating long-term effects<\/a>. After thousands suffered, the world eventually recognized the grave mistake and put an immediate end to these abusive practices. No responsible health care plan would cover them today.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward. Today, so-called \u201cgender-affirming\u201d \u2014 or, more appropriately, <em>sex-rejecting<\/em> \u2014 interventions on minors use surgery to remove healthy body parts, injections of wrong-sex hormone therapies, and the administration of puberty blockers, all\u00a0of which lead to irreversible consequences. Loss of fertility, diminished bone density, chronic infections, sexual dysfunction, and interference with normal development are just a few of the many adverse effects. For years, advocates claimed without evidence\u00a0that puberty blockers were safe, reversible, and lifesaving. Many employee health plans quietly funded these experimental procedures on children \u2014 and still do. <\/p>\n<p>When a federally funded study designed to demonstrate benefits finds none for puberty blockers in early pubertal youth, the case for routine use collapses further. <a href=\"https:\/\/donoharmmedicine.org\/2025\/01\/21\/cass-review-evidence-child-gender-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independent\u00a0reviews<\/a> in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, and Norway have already led those countries to sharply restrict or abandon the practice. The <a href=\"https:\/\/opa.hhs.gov\/gender-dysphoria-report\">2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/opa.hhs.gov\/gender-dysphoria-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> HHS evidence review<\/a> reached similar conclusions about weak evidence and significant risks.<\/p>\n<p>Recent developments make the picture even clearer. The Trump administration, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/hhs-ends-medicaid-chip-funding-sex-rejecting-procedures-children.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finalized\u00a0a rule<\/a> ending federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for sex-rejecting procedures \u2014 puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries \u2014 on minors. The government is following the science and protecting children. Private\u00a0employers should do the same.<\/p>\n<p>HHS\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/hhs-wolves-in-white-coats.pdf\"> Wolves<\/a><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/hhs-wolves-in-white-coats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> in White Coats<\/a><\/u>  report further exposes how doctors, hospitals, and financial incentives drove the rapid expansion of these experimental interventions on minors, including problematic insurance coding and perverse\u00a0profit motives that created \u201ccaptive patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission, alongside several states, continues the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/06\/ftc-states-sue-world-professional-association-transgender-health-over-deceptive-claims-regarding-treatment-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit\u00a0against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health<\/a> (WPATH). The group, whose \u201cStandards of Care\u201d underpinned much coverage justification, has now <a href=\"https:\/\/segm.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/WPATH%20Motion%20to%20dismiss_Aug%202026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a> in court that its guidance consists merely of\u00a0\u201copinions\u201d in a field of \u201cintense medical debate\u201d marked by \u201cmedical and scientific uncertainty.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Translated, this means that the so-called \u201cStandards of Care\u201d for gender dysphoria peddled by WPATH and its co-conspirators and used by activists, health care workers, politicians and others to justify the abuse of children just went up in smoke. There is\u00a0nothing left to point to that says these inhumane prescriptions are \u201cmedically necessary.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>Yet hundreds of major companies \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/1792exchange.com\/1792-insights\/550-companies-covering-sex-denying-procedures-for-minor-dependents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> at\u00a0least 560 according to 1792 Exchange research<\/a> \u2014 still treat these unproven interventions as standard benefits for minor dependents. They use shareholder resources and employee premiums to finance experimental medicalization\u00a0with profound lifelong consequences.\u00a0It does not have to be this way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/jul\/27\/schwab-walmart-get-right-not-covering-gender-transitions-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles\u00a0Schwab and Walmart<\/a> removed coverage for these procedures on minors from their employee health plans. They recognized that facilitating permanent, catastrophic destruction of children\u2019s bodies is neither evidence-based\u00a0medicine nor sound corporate governance. These decisions reflect a returned focus to core business priorities rather than ideological capture. Every other company still funding these diabolical science experiments on minors should follow suit immediately. <\/p>\n<p>Corporations do not exist to advance radical ideologies \u2014 especially when our precious children are the victims. They should focus on creating value for shareholders, serving customers, and supporting the well-being of employees and their families, not underwriting\u00a0bizarre medical experiments on minors. Those that persist in covering these procedures for minors will face continued scrutiny as well as financial and reputational risks.<\/p>\n<p>The Olson-Kennedy study was funded to generate knowledge and a better understanding of how adults can best help children suffering from gender dysphoria. In a way, it did.  <\/p>\n<p>While the nearly buried report failed to match the preferred narrative, the results spoke loudly. Subjecting our children to these life-altering, experimental treatments is not the way we serve them. Corporate America cannot claim to care about employee well-being\u00a0or social responsibility while financing these devastating sex-denying interventions on the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The data is public. The risks are real. The responsible path is clear: Stop funding these treatments for minors, return to evidence-based medicine, and let companies get back to business.\u00a0Our children deserve nothing less.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Doug Napier is executive chairman and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/1792exchange.com\/\">1792 Exchange<\/a>, a nonprofit that helps companies get back to business through data, research, and confidential engagement with boards and executives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study confirms puberty blockers offer no benefits to minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4178,"featured_media":2652894,"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\/08\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-08-28T170845.666.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84957,84958,41139,35390,46634],"class_list":["post-2652893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-adolescent-health","tag-delayed-studies","tag-medical-ethics","tag-mental-health","tag-puberty-blockers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Copy-of-Untitled-2026-08-28T170845.666.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652893","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\/4178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2652893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652905,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652893\/revisions\/2652905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2652893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2652893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2652893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}