Maine Republicans are expressing concern about controversial sex-change procedures for minors following a bombshell testimony from gender clinic whistleblower Jamie Reed. In a report published by The Free Press, Reed described shocking levels of negligence and harmful behavior by doctors at The...
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Maine Republicans are expressing concern about controversial sex-change procedures for minors following a bombshell testimony from gender clinic whistleblower Jamie Reed.
In a report published by The Free Press, Reed described shocking levels of negligence and harmful behavior by doctors at The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the gender clinic where she used to work.
Reed’s testimony, which was supported with documents and records obtained during her employment, comes as states across the country are seeking to prohibit sex-change treatments and sex-change surgeries for minors. Her report has already triggered a criminal investigation in Missouri.
Reed, a 42-year-old St. Louis native and self-described far-left queer woman, is married to a transgender man and generally supports the LGBT community; however, her time at the gender clinic led her to believe that doctors were actually harming, not helping, the kids.
Sometimes described as “gender affirming” procedures, sex-change treatments have become increasingly popular in recent years. The procedures include puberty blocking drugs, cross-sex hormone supplements, and surgeries that can remove sex organs or reconstruct artificial ones. Whether minors can provide informed consent for the procedures, which are often irreversible, has become a controversial topic over the past year.
Through her work at the clinic, Reed had a front row seat to the kinds of procedures several states are now seeking prohibit for minors, and what she saw was disturbing for Missouri officials as well as Maine Republicans.
The procedures Reed describes are available currently to minors in Maine and are covered in some cases by MaineCare.