22 attorneys general demand American Academy of Pediatrics retraction over puberty blockers

A coalition of 22 Republican state attorneys general led by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sent an eight-page letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday demanding the organization retract its renewed 2018 guidance regarding the reversibility of puberty-blocking drugs for children with gender dysphoria.

"Telling parents and children that puberty blockers are 'reversible' at the very least conveys assurance that no permanent harm or change will occur," reads the letteraddressed to AAP's President Benjamin Hoffman and president-elect Susan Kressly. "But that claim cannot be made in the face of the unstudied and 'novel' use of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria."

Citing the recent "Cass Report" out of the United Kingdom, the attorneys general warned that puberty-blocking drugs can cause interference with neurocognitive development, compromised bone density, as well as infertility and sterility when combined with cross-sex hormones.

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