❓WHAT HAPPENED: Even the globalists at The Atlantic are publicly admitting medical and scientific research does not support claims made by pro-transgender advocacy groups in support of surgical and hormonal gender transition procedures for minors.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Atlantic, staff writer Helen Lewis, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), GLAAD, and children.

📍WHEN & WHERE: February 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Today, though, the future of medical transition for minors is up for debate.” — The Atlantic 

🎯IMPACT: Unfortunately, the medical association’s recommendation changes—and a change in tune from some among the globalist elite—will come too little, too late for many of the children who have been subjected to irreversible surgical and chemical alterations.

Even the globalists at The Atlantic are publicly admitting medical and scientific research does not support claims made by pro-transgender advocacy groups in support of surgical and hormonal gender transition procedures for minor children. In the wake of a landmark lawsuit in New York State, which saw detransitioner Fox Varian awarded $2 million in damages for essentially being enabled and groomed by their doctor, major American medical trade associations are reversing course on their endorsement of invasive and often irreversible medical procedures for legal minors who claim to be transgender.

“Today, though, the future of medical transition for minors is up for debate,” staff writer Helen Lewis for The Atlantic declares, noting that the appeals to authority touted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and GLAAD in support of youth gender transition have collapsed in recent weeks. In early February, two of the medical associations most often cited by progressive and pro-transgender groups announced they now recommend invasive genital, breast, and facial structure surgeries be delayed until adulthood.

“ASPS recommends that surgeons delay gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old,” the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced on February 3. The Atlantic‘s Lewis notes ASPS’s position was almost immediately endorsed and echoed by the powerful American Medical Association (AMA), which stated, “In the absence of clear evidence, the A.M.A. agrees with A.S.P.S. that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”

Importantly, the ASPS document announcing their shift in recommendations embraces the findings of the Cass Review and a 2025 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) inquiry—both of which found little scientific and medical evidence for the use of invasive procedures to gender transition minors. Still, the recommendation changes—and a change in tune from some among the globalist elite—will come too little too late for many of the children who have been subjected to irreversible surgical and chemical alterations.

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