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Texas Children\u2019s Hospital (TCH) is creating the nation\u2019s first detransition clinic, a stunning development that resulted from a settlement following a lawsuit. The moves come as TCH has entered into agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to stop puberty blockers and surgeries on children.<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTexas Children\u2019s Hospital violated state law when the state legislature passed a law in Texas saying that there were no more puberty blockers, opposite sex hormones, or mutilating surgeries permitted on minors,\u201d Mat Staver, chairperson of the Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal firm, told CBN News. \u201cTexas Children\u2019s Hospital violated that law, and they then changed the medical codes so that the people who were looking at this for reimbursement for state funds would not understand that they\u2019re actually violating the law, so they \u2026 issued the billing codes to something other than what they were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver mentioned Dr. Eithan Haim, a Texas physician who became a whistleblower after speaking out about what was unfolding at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R)\u00a0signed\u00a0Senate Bill 14 in 2023, an effort to prevent children from being given hormone therapy and puberty blockers.<\/p>\n \u201c[Haim] was threatened by the Texas Children\u2019s Hospital with the revocation of his license and the ruining of his career because Texas Children\u2019s Hospital wanted to continue to mutilate children even though it was in violation of the law,\u201d Staver said. \u201cAnd they wanted these whistleblowers silenced. That came to the attention of the state and Attorney General Ken Paxton, and he came after Texas Children\u2019s Hospital; that led up to this historic settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver explained that Paxton went after TCH, taking legal action against them. This led to the aforementioned \u201chistoric settlement,\u201d which requires TCH to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and other efforts to transition genders.<\/p>\n Additionally, TCH needs to establish a detransition clinic to help people harmed by the medical industry, and five doctors were also terminated.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have to create the nation\u2019s first so-called detransition multidisciplinary clinic and operate that for at least five years free of charge at their own expense so people can come there who were harmed and get free medical treatment to try to undo some of the harm that Texas Children\u2019s Hospital inflicted as well as others that are pushing this ideology,\u201d Staver said. \u201cBut there\u2019s more to the settlement in addition to that; they have to pay $10 million dollars for their fraudulent codes.\u201d<\/p>\n Paxton\u2019s office released a statement last month hailing the moment as an important move toward providing justice for kids and young people who have been harmed by doctors.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Detransition Clinic will help patients reverse the damage caused by ideologically-motivated physicians who harmed patients by performing dangerous medical interventions for the purpose of \u2018transitioning\u2019 them,\u201d it\u00a0read. \u201cFor the first five years, all services provided through the Detransition Clinic will be funded by Texas Children\u2019s and be free of charge to patients.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver said he believes the lawsuit\u2019s outcome should send a powerful message that reverberates across the nation. He\u2019s hoping that the terms will incentivize hospitals and other institutions to \u201cstop harming kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver said it\u2019s been \u201cheartbreaking\u201d to see the impact he\u2019s observed on young people who regret seeing transitions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe heartbreaking thing is that you have \u2026 28 lawsuits against medical providers and hospitals, doctors and counselors for giving them this bad advice and then harming their bodies,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that number will continue to increase exponentially as we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver continued, \u201cBut the sad thing is that you have a child that\u2019s brought in by their parents and they have real issues. It may be they\u2019re on the autism spectrum, they may have depression, anxiety, body image issues, anorexia, bulimia, whatever it might be. They\u2019re dealing with serious, real mental illness \u2014 issues that need to be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n But, rather than treatment, Staver said these individuals are given \u201cfalse information\u201d that fails to treat their underlying conditions, with some doctors instead offering puberty blockers, sex hormones \u2014 or even surgery. These individuals are sold the lie that they were \u201cborn in the wrong body.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDesperately, these parents and children rely upon that false information,\u201d he said. \u201cThey go down this road like Chloe Cole. In Chloe\u2019s case, before she was even an adult, she had a double mastectomy, and, then, when she became adult, she realized \u2026 the underlying issues \u2026 were never resolved; they got worse.\u201d<\/p>\n Staver believes the detransition clinic will offer people an opportunity to seek treatment if and when they come to the same place in their own journeys.<\/p>\n As for TCH, the institution previously released a statement noting it had complied with the law and decided to settle after \u201cfalsehoods\u201d plagued the case. It also claimed to have already provided services that it is now required to create,\u00a0according to\u00a0Houston Public Media.<\/p>\n \u201cThe detransition clinic will formalize the supportive, multidisciplinary services we already deliver to all patients who need our care,\u201d the\u00a0statement\u00a0read. \u201cThis simply provides structure and a name for the services we currently provide.\u201d<\/p>\n As the number of voices facing big-tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for\u00a0Faithwire\u2019s daily newsletter\u00a0and download the\u00a0CBN News app, developed by our parent company, to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Texas Children\u2019s Hospital (TCH) is creating the nation\u2019s first detransition clinic, a stunning development that resulted from a settlement following a lawsuit. 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