A group of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is warning the American Academy of Pediatrics that it may be breaking the law by continuing to recommend puberty blockers to children who are unhappy with their biological gender despite evidence the drugs cause harm.
On Tuesday, the 21 attorneys general, led by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, sent a letter warning the Academy that it may be violating a slew of state consumer protection laws.
The group put the Academy “on notice for possible violations of state consumer protection statutes over its evidence free standards on gender dysphoria care for minors,” the attorneys general said in a statement.
“Most concerning, AAP claims that the use of puberty blockers on children is safe and reversible,” the group wrote, calling that claim “misleading and deceptive.”
The Academy’s guidance is based “more on political…
