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Vanderbilt to review gender-affirming surgeries for minors
medicalxpress ^ | 10/09/2022

Posted on 10/09/2022 8:31:45 AM PDT by devane617

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced Friday that they are pausing gender-affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices.

The news, delivered in a letter sent to a lawmaker who has demanded an end to the surgeries, was publicly released Friday afternoon. It comes amid mounting political pressure from Tennessee's Republican leaders—many of whom are running for reelection—who called for an investigation into the private nonprofit hospital after videos surfaced on social media last month of a doctor touting that gender-affirming procedures are "huge money makers." Another video showed a staffer saying anyone with a religious objection should quit.

None of the politicians could point to a specific law that the hospital had violated, and no agency to date has committed to an investigation. Republican Gov. Bill Lee's office said they had passed their concerns to the Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, but his office has not commented on whether he is looking into the Nashville-based hospital.

"We are pausing gender affirmation surgeries on patients under age 18 while we complete this review, which may take several months," wrote C. Wright Pinson, VUMC's deputy CEO and chief health system officer.

The GOP-dominated Legislature is scheduled to reconvene in January, and many lawmakers have vowed to introduce legislation further limit gender-affirming treatments. If successful, it's unclear if VUMC would be allowed to resume gender-affirming surgeries for minors, regardless of their internal review.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; tennessee; transagenda; vanderbilt
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1 posted on 10/09/2022 8:31:45 AM PDT by devane617
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To: devane617

Outstanding school that’s now stuck on stupid.


2 posted on 10/09/2022 8:34:13 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: devane617
What is there to review? It is vile practice that goes against all that is Holy.

As a side note, every nation in history and beyond fell because of these acts, child sacrifice and other abominations.

3 posted on 10/09/2022 8:35:19 AM PDT by Parmy
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To: devane617

“gender-affirming” sounds like activist language, not unlike “pro choice,” in order to avoid the reality of the situation.


4 posted on 10/09/2022 8:35:35 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!!!)
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To: EEGator

Yeah, but at least they have a good football team.


5 posted on 10/09/2022 8:38:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: devane617

Now if only the rest would.

Hopkins long ago stopped doing this nonsense, but that was before it was cool. Now they’re in it again, just like everyone else.

May sanity reign again and doctors act like doctors and ignore the “politics”.


6 posted on 10/09/2022 8:40:42 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL...Hawaii, Elon, and Northern Illinois.
All powerhouses to be reckoned with.
At least we won our Homecoming.


7 posted on 10/09/2022 8:40:57 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I heard Vanderbilt was asking the NCAA to allow Oklahoma to join the SEC now, so they can get a conference win.


8 posted on 10/09/2022 8:41:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: devane617

Gender affirmation surgeries = permanent disfigurement of individuals with temporary body image issues.


9 posted on 10/09/2022 8:44:23 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL, 49-0 isn’t too good...
I think the SEC has enough teams.


10 posted on 10/09/2022 8:44:25 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dfwgator

Lol
Nicely done!


11 posted on 10/09/2022 8:44:36 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: devane617

Well once the election is over on November 8th and Governor Bill Lee the Republican who said there should be some of probe over this safely gets re-elected, I suspect the surgeries will resume.

Any ending of these surgeries will not happen without massive public pressure including obviously the legislature controlled by the GOP in Tennessee and so on.


12 posted on 10/09/2022 8:45:43 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Parmy

As a side note, every nation in history and beyond fell
because of these acts, child sacrifice and other abominations.

************

That is a part of the process as I see it. All things change
in some manner or other over time either for good, bad
or no longer needed. Make the most of one’s allotted time
and be ready to go when the call comes.


13 posted on 10/09/2022 8:49:04 AM PDT by deport
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To: newzjunkey

Affirming their gender would actually mean admitting that their DNA is the real deal. No butchery or drug cocktails will alter their DNA.

The original institution, Johns Hopkins, that pioneered trans surgery in this country halted the procedures for 40 years because the outcomes were worse in those that had surgery. The chief surgeon, Paul McHugh, who stopped that avenue in 1965 is speaking out again about the damage being done especially in children.

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/health/2019/september/reckless-and-irresponsible-johns-hopkins-professor-issues-dire-warning-on-transgender-treatment-for-kids

https://couragerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TransgenderSurgery.pdf


14 posted on 10/09/2022 8:50:26 AM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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They should interview every one who had these surgeries to see if they are happy with the outcome.
I expect several horror stories.

15 posted on 10/09/2022 8:51:24 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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16 posted on 10/09/2022 8:52:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: devane617
they are pausing gender-delusion affirming surgeries for minors
17 posted on 10/09/2022 8:54:23 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
doctors act like doctors

Follow the money.

18 posted on 10/09/2022 8:55:20 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: devane617

I would say “this is so hard to believe” - hard to believe that a place with formerly very high standards has fallen so low. But, haha, it’s not hard to believe at all.

The bottom line is “stock up on ammunition” and “if you don’t have a place that’s out of the city, better find one” because this is going to get so much worse.


19 posted on 10/09/2022 8:55:29 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (My aluminum baseball bat keeps telling me it wants to talk to J3rry S3infeld. Hm. )
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Gender affirmation surgeries = permanent disfigurement of individuals with temporary body image issues.”

How in the world can college-trained doctors even consider castrating a young boy that doesn’t know his own mind?

This is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard of.


20 posted on 10/09/2022 8:56:22 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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