Marion Mass, a resident of Bucks County expressed concerns about irreversible sex change interventions. “I’m a practicing pediatrician in Bucks County and mother of three grown children.” Mass said.
“I’m concerned about potential harm to children and the erosion of trust that is coming from patients seeing medical organizations like the American Academy of pediatrics support medical therapies without significant evidence that they do more good than harm”
Taxpayers spent more than $2.5 million for “irreversible sex change interventions” on children in Pennsylvania via Medicaid between the years 2019 and 2023.
That’s according to a national database released today of hospitals and medical facilities “administering irreversible sex change interventions on children in the United States” by the organization Do No Harm.
That database shows that hospitals in the Keystone State saw 822 minors who were “sex change patients,” including 316 total surgery patients. These hospitals administered “hormone and puberty blockers” to 518 total children, and wrote 3,469 prescriptions. In all, it totaled $6,032,103 in total submitted charges.
125 of these interventions were paid for by the Medicaid program for a total of $2,517,795.
Two Pennsylvania hospitals — Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh — made Do No Harm’s “Dirty Dozen” list, which consists of the “12 worst offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors,” reported Philly Leader.
CHOP saw 122 “sex change” patients, who were children, from 2019 to 2023, according to the database, including 5 surgery patients and 117 total “hormone and puberty blocker” patients. There were 768 total prescriptions written. In all, it amounted to $230,784 total submitted charges.
UPMC saw 28 “sex change patients,” including 4 surgery patients and 24 total “hormone and puberty blocker patients.” There were 123 total prescriptions written at UPMC, with $5,850 in total charges.
The issue of taxpayer funding of these procedures has gained national attention as Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who is in a dead heat with former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, has openly advocated for “transgender” surgeries for illegal immigrants and prisoners.
CatholicVote recently launched an ad in Pennsylvania about Harris’ support for these “sex change” procedures.
“Medicaid data shows 97 underage girls had their breasts completely removed; 14 underage girls underwent hysterectomies,” says the ad. “Sex change operations attempting to make young boys into girls. Penis amputations.”
“Sound weird? Disgusting? It is. And you’re paying for it.”
“Kamala Harris supports these taxpayer funded sex change operations. A vote for Harris is a vote for medical experiments. On kids,” says the ad.
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D), who is up for re-election this year, was criticized in March for his vote to fund a Philadelphia “LGBTQ” facility that advocates for “transitioning” children.
“Bob Casey requested $400,000 in taxpayer dollars be given to a local LGBTQ center that advocates for transitioning children and has a history of sexual abuse allegation,” said Steve Cortes, League of American Workers (LAW) founder, reported Keystone Today.
Cortes was referring to the Mazzoni Center, an “LGBTQ health and wellness center” in Philadelphia. The center’s then-medical director Dr. Robert Winn resigned in 2017 after allegations were made that he had sexual relationships with patients of the center, reported The Daily Caller. The center provides “hormone therapy and sex-change surgeries” for children.
Casey graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, a Catholic university in Worcester, Mass., and received a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Nationally, 13,994 children received sex change related treatments between 2019 and 2023, according to Do No Harm’s database. This includes 5,747 sex change surgeries performed on children, and 62,682 hormone and puberty blockers prescriptions written for 8,579 pediatric patients.
“At least $119,791,202 made from sex change treatments performed on minors,” reported the organization.
The “Dirty Dozen” Hospitals
The “12 worst offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors” according to Do No Harm.
| Hospital | City | State |
| The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA |
| Connecticut Children’s Medical Center | Hartford | CT |
| Children’s Minnesota | Minneapolis | MN |
| Seattle Children’s | Seattle | WA |
| Children’s Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA |
| Boston Children’s Hospital | Boston | MA |
| Rady Children’s Hospital | San Diego | CA |
| Children’s National Medical Center | Washington | DC |
| UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland | Oakland | CA |
| Children’s Hospital Colorado | Aurora | CO |
| UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati | OH |
Reprinted with Permission from Upper Bucks Today – By Upper Bucks Today Reports
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of AMAC or AMAC Action.
Leave the American taxpayers out of this abomination. The harsh reality is some things can’t be undone and this certainly tops the list. The left has decided it knows what’s best for children and that parents should have no say. Unfortunately parents won’t be the only ones left with the consequences. Where will the government be after the fact?
These sadistic haters and abusers of children make Psycho and Mengele look like perfectly normal citizens. If they want to experiment on each other so be it but don’t mess with kids This is not a life saving procedure why should taxpayer who many times can’t afford his own meds pay for this perversion.
If constituents are alarmed by this they should: 1. vote out supporting politicians and their party. 2. Immediately stop contributing to the aforementioned hospitals, and refuse unrelated referrals to those facilities. 3. Galvanize students to actively protest against this including school walkouts.
I did a Quick Look into the treatments at CHOP and found that a majority of the puberty blockers were prescribed for something called of “precocious puberty”. That’s where a kid goes into puberty way to young due to tumors and/or other reasons, and the drugs stop puberty from progressing in these Children.
it looks like the author of this Opinion piece left out all the links and citations so that no one would actually check to see if what they say is true. I really wish people would provide all the info instead of trying things like this to get people riled up before an election. No 6 year old should have to go through puberty, and CHOP is one of the best children’s hospitals in the country, so obviously people come from all over with these medical conditions to be treated there.
After finding this info out, I find it very hard to believe anything else this person has to say. Fool me once…