A former employee-turned-“whistleblower” at Washington University’s transgender center says it’s closing down.
Jamie Reed submitted an op-ed article to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which says Wash-U’s transgender center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital “quietly” announced last week that it would be closing. Reed last year accused the clinic of harming its child patients by prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones instead of providing mental health treatment, and that the clinic regularly referred youths for gender transition surgery.
Shortly after Reed’s allegations went public, Missouri lawmakers passed – and Governor Mike Parson signed – legislation outlawing gender transition treatments for minors.
“This is a huge win for the rule of law and for the safety of our children,” said Attorney General Bailey. “As a father of four and as Attorney General, I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children. The closure of any clinic who has mutilated children is a major step towards that goal. I will not stop until the clandestine network of clinics mutilating children is permanently dismantled and bad actors are held accountable.”
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