“Two of Layla’s initial providers advised that per Kaiser’s official policies, Layla could not start cross-sex hormones until she was 16 and advised that surgery was not permissible until age 18,” the letter claims. “But, soon thereafter, Layla ended up in the hands of Dr. [Susanne E.] Watson, Dr. [Lisa Kristine] Taylor, and Dr. [Winnie Mao Yiu] Tong. These doctors immediately approved Layla for cross-sex hormones and a double mastectomy at ages 12-13, without performing an adequate evaluation and treatment of Layla’s extensive mental health co-morbidities.”
They did not listen to two sets of other doctors who did inform them of risks and said surgery should wait til she was older. The kid wouldn’t accept it. They all, despite being told the risks by more than one set of doctors, went doctor shopping until they found a pair that would agree with what THEY ALL WANTED TO DO.
To claim they were unaware of the risks, is 100% complete blatant lying on the part of the kid and the parents.
She was a child. She was not capable of making those decisions at age 12-13.