EXCLUSIVE: Parents Urge Congress To Investigate Pediatricians Pushing Transgenderism On Minors
The American Parents Coalition is urging Congress to investigate the American Academy of Pediatrics’ federal funding, alleging that the group has prioritized promoting transgender ideology “over parental rights,” the Daily Caller News Foundation has first learned.
APC Executive Director Alleigh Marré claimed in a Wednesday letter to Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Republican Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie that the AAP has “seemingly abandoned its role as a scientific body” and substituted “evidence-based medicine” for “political advocacy.” She added that the pediatric organization has “openly” defied President Donald Trump’s “executive order on transgender medical interventions for children” while still receiving “millions of dollars” in taxpayer-funded federal grants. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE — Parents Group Vows To ‘Hold Congress Accountable’ If It Can’t Deliver Medical Price Transparency)
Marré’s letter alleges the AAP has continued to promote “puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as ‘reversible’ and ‘partially reversible’ treatments for minors, even as other medical reports highlight the harms of these treatments for children.”
“Organizations that receive federal funding must be held accountable for blatant disregard of federal policy,” Marré told the DCNF in a statement. “Despite mounting scientific evidence, the American Academy of Pediatrics continues to recommend harmful and irreversible gender interventions for minors.”
“Americans deserve transparency about whether their tax dollars are being used to advance political priorities rather than children’s safety and well-being,” she added.
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