Planned Parenthood using 'loophole' to get minors gender transitions without parents' OK: watchdog

FIRST ON FOX The conservative watchdog group American Principles Project is sounding an alarm over what the group is describing as a massive loophole being utilized by Planned Parenthood to give transgender hormone therapy to minors In a wide-ranging overview chronicling how Planned Parenthood is propping up the trans agenda the American Principles Project accused the group and its affiliates across the country of manipulating the definition of contraception in order to provide transgender hormone therapy to minors without parental consent Using contraception as a gender-affirming healing is a massive loophole the overview stated Majority of states allow minors to consent to these contraceptives on their own and countless states allow minors to do so without even notifying parents UNDERCOVER REVIEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESCRIBING HORMONES TO MINORS WITH MINIMAL OVERSIGHTSome blue states like Washington Oregon and Minnesota have laws permitting minors to obtain puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for the purpose of transitioning genders without parental consent However majority states do require parental consent in order for minors to access these drugs while others take an even stricter approach of banning the medications for minors outright regardless of whether their parents approve or not The American Principles Project points to a Gender Affirming Care Person Guide from Planned Parenthood's Mar Monte chapter the national organization's largest affiliate serving parts of central California and northern Nevada In both states parental consent is required for minors to access any type of health intervention aimed at aiding a minor's gender transition but it does permit minors to obtain various forms of contraception such as birth control without it People and younger who have periods can come to us for birth control options to stop periods the individual guide on gender-affirming care states It then notes in the following sentence Parent guardian consent is not required to get birth control A circumstance assessment from Seattle Children's Hospital which has come under scrutiny for providing transgender medicinal care to minors highlights the occurrence of a -year-old biological female who was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and was very distressed by bleeding cycles that the subject began experiencing at age ANONYMOUS DEMOCRATS CONFESS TO TIME MAGAZINE THEIR PARTY IS TOO EXTREME ON ABORTION TRANS ATHLETES Despite the minor patient's gender dysphoria the child did not want to fully transition into a male Rather according to the episode scrutiny the female person was identified as non-binary and expressed that she did not want to be subject to the effects of testosterone such as a deeper voice and facial hair As a conclusion the child was given hormonal-based birth control to stop her periods which the circumstance survey stated resulted in better mental robustness for the person and opened them up to pursuing top surgery in the future In addition to blocking periods certain types of birth control can also suppress testosterone production according to the Endocrine Society This makes contraception a viable track for gender-dysphoric biological females who may not want to experience the impacts of testosterone but want to blunt their female-sex maturation as described in the above event survey It's also a viable mechanism for biological males who want to block their body's natural testosterone production according to the Endocrine Society While patients under cannot receive hormone therapy they may have a consultation with a provider to understand therapy options and to receive medications to stop their periods if desired Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest states on its Gender Affirming Care web page The explanation also appears on a FAQ page under the website's About Us section The fact that Planned Parenthood is actively finding and exploiting legal loopholes to begin transitioning minors behind their parent s backs is downright disgusting Terry Schilling President of the American Principles Project recounted Fox News Digital There is nothing this organization will not do to make a quick buck at the expense of our children and families HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE CHALLENGE TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRANSGENDER TREATMENTS FOR MINORSAccording to the American Principles Project's analysis around percent of Planned Parenthood clinics offer various form of gender-affirming care which the group says has outpaced abortion services The record goes into other extensive details about how Planned Parenthood has prioritized sex-change procedures for young people which Schilling remarked isn't healthcare but rather an ideological crusade that undermines families and exploits vulnerable youth Planned Parenthood s new shift to becoming a leading provider of so-called 'gender-affirming care' exposes their radical agenda to reshape society starting with our unborn children and now targeting the next generation with dangerous life-altering clinical procedures Schilling explained Our summary reveals that Planned Parenthood now prioritizes irreversible transgender treatments often without parental consent OVER their other services with an estimated transgender health visits annually and growing he continued Their materials from activity books promoting gender ideology to chatbots targeting kids as young as are designed to sexualize and indoctrinate the next generation CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPIn a announcement to Fox News Digital Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest's President and CEO Jenny Black insisted that its wellness centers operate under the highest physiological standards and noted that any accusation it is violating state law is wholly false We strongly denounce the dangerous spread of disinformation about life-saving gender-affirming healthcare that is fueled by rampant transphobia Black revealed We will continue to provide safe and legal wellness care to those who rely on us for access to quality and compassionate care Planned Parenthood's Mar Monte chapter did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment