In this issue of Biological Integrity: 🔹 HHS gives major medical organizations 10 days to defend support for sex-rejecting procedures on minors 🔹 Wall Street Journal opinion piece challenges APA's prioritization of gender ideology over scientific evidence 🔹 Dr. Gregory Brown challenges studies claiming testosterone suppression eliminates male athletic advantages 🔹 Virginia and Colorado suspend Medicaid coverage for sex-rejecting procedures on minors following federal rule 🔹 NYC Mayor Mamdani pledges nearly $9 million in taxpayer funds for sex-rejecting drugs for minors Sign up to receive updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… #BiologicalIntegrity #GenderMedicine #EvidenceBasedMedicine #HHS #RFKJr #AMA #WPATH #AmericanPsychologicalAssociation #GenderIdeology #ChildProtection #ParentalRights #WomensSports #SaveWomensSports #MaleAthleticAdvantage #TestosteroneSuppression #Medicaid #Virginia #Colorado #NYC #ZohranMamdani #ProtectChildren #SexBasedRights

Bright eyes, glowing smile, joy that fills a room. We have all seen it on the face of a child with a Down syndrome diagnosis. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Pediatricians and pediatric healthcare professionals have the privilege of walking alongside families from the first moments of birth - when navigating a Down syndrome diagnosis is filled with uncertainty and the unknown. As the child and family grow together, pediatricians remain an important part of celebrating health and developmental milestones, watching as acceptance transforms into the realization that their child is a tremendous gift — not only to the family, but to the world. Our world is made more beautiful with every child, regardless of the number of chromosomes they possess. #acpeds #pediatrics #prolife #downsyndrome #downsyndromeawarenessmonth #dsam

In this issue of Biological Integrity: 🔹 New scoping review overstates evidence for sex-rejecting procedures 🔹 Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act would strengthen parental rights 🔹 UN speeches signal retreat on abortion and gender ideology 🔹 Federal judge dismisses Gaines v. NCAA women’s sports case 🔹 Title IX restored to sex-based 2020 regulations Sign up to receive updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… #BiologicalIntegrity #GenderMedicine #ScopingReview #EvidenceBasedMedicine #YaeliMartinez #YaeliMartinezChildProtectionAct #ParentalRights #ChildProtection #UnitedNations #UNGA #Abortion #GenderIdeology #RileyGaines #GainesvNCAA #NCAA #WomensSports #SaveWomensSports #TitleIX #SexBasedRights #ProtectChildren

This week in Biological Integrity: 🔹 Federal investigation opens into the school at the center of the Kutzko parental rights case 🔹 Biden-era plan sought to embed sex-rejecting policies in the child welfare system 🔹 Oregon mother wins foster care adoption case over gender ideology requirements 🔹 DOJ secures agreements ending pediatric sex-rejecting procedures at NYU and UPMC Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… #BiologicalIntegrity #ParentalRights #ChildWelfare #FosterCare #GenderIdeology #PediatricMedicine #MedicalEthics #ChildrensHealth #FirstAmendment #DOJ #HHS #ACPeds

This week in Biological Integrity: 🔹 Evidence continues to raise questions about pediatric sex-rejecting procedures 🔹 Fans are ejected from a women’s soccer match over “Save Women’s Sports” apparel 🔹 What does high-dose testosterone actually do to the female body? Catch up on the latest developments at the intersection of medicine, sex, and biological reality. #Gender #PubertyBlockers #CrossSexHormones #InformedConsent #DoNoHarm #ProtectChildren #WomensSports #SaveWomensSports #WomensHealth #Testosterone #BiologicalIntegrity Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF…

Parents shouldn’t be kept in the dark about their child’s medical care. @ACPeds has filed a Supreme Court amicus brief challenging a Washington law that can shut parents out while their child is routed toward irreversible sex-rejecting interventions. acpeds.org/wp-content/upload… #ParentalRights #ProtectChildren #SCOTUS #MedicalEthics #ACPeds

On this 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on our country we honor the memory of all those who lost their lives, those who displayed unimaginable courage, and those who grieve. In a special way we remember the 8 children who perished in the planes, the 3,000 children who lost one or both parents, and childcare workers who saved every child in care at the Pentagon and Children’s Discovery Center daycare facilities. We will never forget. #NeverForget #911Day #September11 #PatriotDay #BestforChildren

Read our joint amicus brief here: acpeds.org/wp-content/upload…

A California father had a court-protected right requiring his written consent before his son could undergo “gender identity related surgery.” He refused consent. Yet doctors at a University of California gender clinic implanted a puberty-blocking device in his son’s arm anyway. @ACPeds has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hudacko v. Regents of the University of California and defend the fundamental rights of parents in their children’s medical care. acpeds.org/wp-content/upload… #ParentalRights #InformedConsent #ProtectChildren #PediatricMedicine #MedicalEthics #SCOTUS #ACPeds

Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… September 9, 2026 $10 Million NIH-Funded Study Finds Puberty Blockers Failed to Improve Youth Mental Health: A nearly $10 million taxpayer-funded NIH study found no statistically significant improvement in depression, anxiety, behavioral problems, or suicidality among youth treated with puberty blockers for sex-identity distress. The Mirabelli Case Is Not Over: Although the Supreme Court allowed an injunction protecting parents to remain in effect and concluded they are likely to succeed on the merits, the Ninth Circuit must still decide California’s appeal over its parental secrecy policy. Another Major Hospital Agrees to Provide Care for Patients Harmed by Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Procedures: Mount Sinai Health System agreed to stop providing sex-rejecting procedures to minors and dedicate $2 million in free medical care to patients suffering harmful consequences from interventions they received as children. California AG Bonta Challenges Federal Block on Reimbursement for Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Procedures: California AG Rob Bonta is co-leading a multistate lawsuit challenging an HHS rule that would prohibit federal Medicaid and CHIP reimbursement for sex-rejecting procedures for minors. #ChildrensHealth #PediatricMedicine #GenderMedicine #PubertyBlockers #MedicalEthics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #ParentalRights #Mirabelli #Detransition #WPATH #HHS #Medicaid #ProtectChildren #HealthcarePolicy #Bioethics

What happens when a prenatal diagnosis becomes a reason to decide whether a child should live? @ACPeds Executive Director @DrJillSimons joins @aaplog's @DrFrancis4Life to discuss the Baby Gabriel and McKenna West surrogacy case and what it reveals about disability discrimination, commercial surrogacy, and the dignity of preborn children. #Surrogacy #ProLife #Bioethics #Pediatrics #HumanDignity aaplog.org/episode/ob-gyn-pe…

ACPeds has filed an amicus brief in Mirabelli v. Bonta, urging the Ninth Circuit to defend parental rights and uphold the injunction against California’s school gender secrecy policy. Parents should not be kept in the dark about their child’s sex-identity distress. Read the brief: acpeds.org/wp-content/upload…. #ParentalRights #MirabelliVBonta #ChildrensHealth #GenderIdeology #CaliforniaSchools

Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… September 2, 2026 Are Some Children Really Beyond Recovery From Sex-Identity Distress?: Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley challenges the claim that some children have a “vanishingly remote” chance of reconciling with their sex, arguing that childhood development and psychological treatment can offer meaningful pathways to recovery. HHS Study Links Radical Gender Ideology, Left-Wing Authoritarianism and Support for Political Violence: An HHS-commissioned study found that stronger endorsement of gender ideology and left-wing authoritarianism were associated with greater willingness to justify political violence, while emphasizing that the findings establish association, not causation. Detransitioner Challenges WPATH’s Attempt to Distance Itself From Its Standards of Care: Detransitioner Forrest Smith argues that WPATH cannot distance itself from responsibility for its Standards of Care after decades in which they influenced medical practice, research, insurance, and the broader framework for sex-rejecting interventions. Adm. Brian Christine: HHS Uncovers 5,500 Sex-Rejecting Surgeries on Minors and Questionable Billing: HHS Assistant Secretary Adm. Brian Christine discusses the Wolves in White Coats report, which documents more than 5,500 sex-rejecting surgeries on minors since 2019 and identifies millions of dollars in billing practices that HHS says warrant investigation. #GenderMedicine #ChildrensHealth #WPATH #HHS #Bioethics

McKenna West was pressured to abort baby Gabriel due to a diagnosis of a heart condition. She fled to Texas, gave birth, and because of legal interventions, baby Gabriel is alive and undergoing treatment. @DrJillSimons, Executive Director of @ACPeds, joined @CarrieAbbottSho to discuss this case and why pro-life doctors, laws, and practices matter to all children’s well-being.

Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… Meta-Analysis Challenges Minority Stress Theory on LGBTQ Mental Health: A meta-analysis found that shared familial factors, rather than stigma and discrimination, may be the primary contributors to mental health disparities among LGBTQ-identified people. Human Rights Campaign Launches $15 Million Long-Term Political Strategy Aimed at Electing Pro-LGBTQ Candidates in the 2026 Midterms: HRC announced a $15 million electoral program to elect pro-LGBTQ candidates that is also reportedly part of a longer-term strategy to shift public opinion on transgender-related policies. WNBA Faces Controversy Over Women’s Sports and Free Speech: The WNBA faced controversy after a player was booed for opposing male participation in female sports and fans were told to cover shirts advocating for girls’ sports, prompting Alliance Defending Freedom to raise legal concerns and call on the league to protect free speech. Senators Introduce Bill to End Federal Funding for Sex-Rejecting Research on Minors: Sens. Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act to prohibit federal funding for research promoting or studying sex-rejecting hormonal and surgical interventions on minors.

A child’s right to life should never depend on a contract, a diagnosis, or whether he meets the expectations of commissioning adults. In the wake of the McKenna West surrogacy case, the American College of Pediatricians (@ACPeds) and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (@AAPLOG) are speaking together in defense of Baby Gabriel and all preborn children facing abortion because of a disability or medical diagnosis. “A prenatal diagnosis does not diminish a child’s humanity or dignity,” said ACPeds Executive Director @DrJillSimons . “Children diagnosed with serious medical conditions deserve the same thing every pediatric patient deserves: compassionate, appropriate medical care based on their individual needs, not a judgment that their lives are not worth living.” AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis (@DrFrancis4Life) added: “A preborn child’s health should never be at the whim of adults who decide whether they receive care or die by induced abortion.” ACPeds and AAPLOG call on policymakers, physicians, and the public to reject induced abortion as a means of discriminating against preborn children because of a diagnosis, disability, or medical condition, including in commercial surrogacy arrangements. #ProLife #HumanDignity #PrenatalDiagnosis #Disability #Pediatrics #MaternalHealth

Sign up to receive a weekly updates from Biological Integrity on the latest news, legislation, and research protecting children from harmful gender ideology. acpeds.charityproud.org/WebF… HHS Ends Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Minors: HHS and CMS finalized a rule ending federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for sex-rejecting procedures on minors, which ACPeds applauded as a major step toward protecting children from irreversible harm. Appeals Court Allows DOJ Investigation of Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Interventions to Move Forward: A federal appeals court ruled that DOJ may enforce a subpoena seeking records from a provider, allowing its investigation into potential federal law violations involving pediatric sex-rejecting interventions to proceed. New CDC Codes Bring Recognition to Desisters and Detransitioners: New ICD-10-CM codes will recognize patients who have resolved sex-identity distress or detransitioned, improving medical documentation, research, accountability, and access to insurance coverage for restorative care.