Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group
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- #Medical Guidelines
- #FTC Lawsuit
- The FTC and four states (Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas) sued WPATH over deceptive claims about transgender care for minors and undisclosed side effects, alleging profit motives.
- WPATH defends its guidelines as patient-centered and evidence-based, while critics like Lawrence Gostin warn the lawsuit politicizes healthcare and expands FTC enforcement beyond typical scientific scrutiny.
- Legal battles include WPATH suing to block an FTC investigation (initially successful), with the FTC also probing other medical groups' transgender care guidelines amid low rates of medication use and surgery among U.S. adolescents.