{"id":42051,"date":"2024-03-05T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=42051"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:26:10","slug":"wpath-guidelines-press-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/wpath-guidelines-press-statement","title":{"rendered":"Leaked documents reveal deep-rooted medical scandal behind international guideline-setters on \u201cgender-affirming healthcare\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42051\" class=\"elementor elementor-42051\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33d8f0f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33d8f0f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8f1f2b\" data-id=\"e8f1f2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-660e9af0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"660e9af0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Exchanges between doctors contradict public assurances that so-called \u201cgender-affirming\u201d care is \u201cmedically necessary\u201d or that consent is informed<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b>Child psychologist, co-author of latest World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) \u2018Standards of Care\u2019, admits \u201c[It is] out of their developmental range to understand the extent to which some of these medical interventions are impacting them\u201d <\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e814939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e814939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43842\" alt=\"The wpath controversy is a deep scandal of medicine and reality.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/A-Happy-Family-Enjoys-A-Playfu-473708563-scaled-1.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d26ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10d26ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The following quote may be attributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/robert-clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Clarke<\/a>, Director of Advocacy for ADF International, regarding the documents released on March 4th 2024, concerning the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The documents reveal \u201cwidespread medical malpractice on children and vulnerable adults\u201d:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u201cNo child is ever born in the wrong body. Children depend on adults to guide and empower them to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin \u2013 not to push them down a dangerous and irreversible path of transition.\u00a0<\/p><p>Around the globe, patients and doctors have been assured they are following \u2018best practice\u2019 through the \u2018Standards of Care\u2019 published by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The documents released today expose an organisation lacking consideration for long-term patient outcomes despite being aware of the debilitating and life-changing effects of cross-sex hormones and other \u2018treatments\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Messages in the files show that patients with severe mental health issues, such as schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, and other vulnerabilities such as homelessness, are being allowed to consent to hormonal and surgical procedures. Members dismiss concerns and characterize efforts to protect patients as unnecessary \u2018gatekeeping.\u2019 The files also provide clear evidence that doctors and therapists are aware they are offering minors life-changing interventions they cannot fully understand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28251406 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"28251406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"No child is ever born in the wrong body. Children depend on adults to guide and empower them to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin \u2013 not to push them down a dangerous and irreversible path of transition.\" <\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Robert Clarke, Director of Advocacy at ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b8768f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18b8768f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The files reveal what we already knew to be true \u2013 children cannot consent to life-altering procedures in the full knowledge of the consequences involved. When it comes to discussing the impact that the treatment will have on their fertility, one medical professional commented, \u2018most of the kids are nowhere in any kind of brain space to really talk about it in a serious way, Yet, doctors proceeded with life-altering surgeries regardless\u2019, adding, \u2018that has always bothered me\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>These latest concerns build on a growing pushback against WPATH\u2019s model of affirmation. Finland abandoned the controversial WPATH \u201cstandards of care\u201d in 2020 and set in place far more cautious guidelines that give stronger protections for under-18s. Sweden and the United Kingdom followed in 2022. This should serve as an important warning to other countries, and also the UN after the World Health Organization launched its own expert group to develop gender \u2018guidelines\u2019 which has been criticized for including only those promoting transition, including several closely associated with WPATH.\u00a0<\/p><p>Children who experience discomfort with their biological sex deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and need compassionate, effective mental health care. Sadly, at the hands of \u2018gender clinics\u2019 around the world armed with the WPATH \u2018standards of care\u2019, they have been pushed in only one direction. There is a mounting and tragic cost to this ideology, revealed by the many stories of those \u2018de-transitioning\u2019 or who otherwise regret what was done to them. Ultimately, vulnerable children and adults who deserved better were led to irreversible interventions; those who spoke out were censored. It\u2019s time for more governments to act.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5752cf2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5752cf2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To request an interview with Robert Clarke, email <a href=\"mailto:globalmedia@adfinternational.org\">globalmedia@adfinternational.org<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76291ace elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76291ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0fb33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e0fb33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImages for free use in print or online in relation to this story only\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529a2f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"529a2f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ADF-Robert_Clarke_1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"529a2f5a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ADF Robert Clarke 1.png\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk3MDcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZGZpbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMTBcL0FERi1Sb2JlcnRfQ2xhcmtlXzEucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTI5YTJmNWEifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ADF-Robert_Clarke_1.png\" data-width=\"400\" data-height=\"400\" aria-label=\"Robert Clarke of ADF International.\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exchanges between doctors contradict public assurances that so-called \u201cgender-affirming\u201d care is \u201cmedically necessary\u201d or that consent is informed <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":43842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1064,28],"class_list":["post-42051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gender-ideology","tag-parental-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WPATH Controversy Reveals Deep-Rooted Medical Scandal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the latest on the WPATH controversy&#039;s leaked documents. 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