The Justice Department on Wednesday endorsed legislation that would dramatically expand the window for filing lawsuits related to transgender procedures performed on minors, marking the Trump administration‘s most aggressive step yet to curb what it calls the “chemical and surgical mutilation” of children.
In a legislative proposal transmitted to Congress this week, the DOJ said it supports the Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act, or VCSMA. The act would ban medical professionals from performing gender-transition procedures on children and create a private right of action for victims who later decide to “detransition,” a term commonly used to describe the process by which people who went through medical efforts to transition genders decide to live as their biological sex after finding that they endured permanent physical harm.
Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the legislation as a vital tool for holding practitioners accountable.
“The Department of Justice has heard from far too many families who have been devastated by mutilative medical procedures that fly in the face of basic biology,” Bondi said. “While we continue our ongoing legal battle to protect children, we appreciate our colleagues in Congress who are working diligently alongside us to end these abusive procedures once and for all.”
In North Carolina, lawmakers recently passed a bill that extends the malpractice claim window in such cases from four to 10 years following discovery of the harm, giving hope to plaintiffs such as 26-year-old Prisha Mosley, who by the age of 18 was approved for a double mastectomy that harmed her ability to nurse her child. Her case could soon become the first of its kind to reach a civil jury trial.
Source: DOJ backs bill extending statute of limitations for detransitioner lawsuits by 25 years
Surgeons and doctors who mutilate innocent and confused youth both chemically and physically have really broken their hippocratic oath and deserve consequences.