Lawsuits by Regretful ‘Detransitioners’ Take Aim at Medical Establishment’s Support for Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors

Two plaintiffs are suing two of the most prominent doctors in the pediatric gender-transition field, as well as the highly influential American Academy of Pediatrics.

Independent Women's Forum
Isabelle Ayala, a biological female, underwent a medical gender transition to male at age 14, but has since returned to her birth gender after regretting undergoing the treatments. Independent Women's Forum

A new front in the struggle over transgender issues has opened up. Two medical malpractice lawsuits, each levied by a plaintiff who regrets having undergone medication-based gender-transition treatment — one at age 14 — have taken aim at the American medical establishment’s support for prescribing such drugs to minors.

This litigation targets two of the most prominent and influential physicians to champion the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat gender-related distress in children: Dr. Jason Rafferty and Dr. Michelle Forcier. 

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