A national medical watchdog group has uncovered startling data on the number of children in Alaska and across the country who have experienced transgender sex-change procedures over the past four years.

A newly released report from Stop the Harm catalogs interventions performed on minors from 2019 to 2023. The group found that nearly 14,000 minors underwent sex change treatments. This included 5,747 actual surgeries that intentionally mutilate and destroy sexual organs, and can result in permanent sterilization. Another 8,579 children were subjected to dangerous cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. In sum, the group discovered that 62,682 sex change prescriptions were written for minors, totaling $120 million in billable charges across the nation.

For Alaska, the report exposes eight medical facilities throughout the state, which have issued cross-sex drugs and puberty blockers to 37 minors. This includes 293 prescriptions totaling nearly $30,000 in submitted medical charges. None of the “treatments” performed in Alaska were surgical.

Still, powerful hormonal interventions can arrest or stunt natural puberty in gender-confused kids, and can lead to serious and life-altering medical side effects, including heart problems, reduced bone mass, interruption to natural brain development and permanent sterilization.

Alaska facilities cited in the report include the following: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, South Peninsula Hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital, Barlett Regional Hospital, PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Central Peninsula Hospital and one independent facility.

Nearly half (16) of the cross-sex interventions in Alaska occurred at Fairbank Memorial Hospital.
In what may come as a surprise to some, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, which still claims to be a “Catholic” institution, issued cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to at least six minors between 2019 and 2023. This comes despite clear Catholic teaching against this practice.

The report focused exclusively on patients under the age of 17.5 years and included only confirmed cases of gender transition-related treatments, thereby eliminating any ambiguities or “gray areas.” The data was sourced from an all-payer claims database that incorporated information from clearinghouses, data aggregators, payors, health systems, CMS, and multiple open data sources to build a Comprehensive Data Ecosystem. The final product included information from commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and VA claims. Click here for more on how the data was analyzed.

The stated goal of the report is to shed light on the prevalence of these controversial treatments, and to encourage positive change to protect vulnerable children.

Alaska began allowing for public funding of cross-sex treatments in 2021 when the Dunleavy administration decided to settle a federal court case with plaintiffs who demanded that the state foot the bill through the Alaska Medicaid program – including Denali KidCare. At the time, state officials said the administration did not believe Alaska’s policy banning publicly funded transgender interventions would hold up in federal court.

That argument may no longer be valid if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states have the right to ban transgender treatment of minors. The high court is set to hear such a case out of Tennessee.

For the time being, Alaska has multiple medical entities that provide a litany of physiological, hormonal and behavioral “services” aimed at manipulating the outward appearance of gender-confused patients.

Anchorage’s Providence Hospital offers cross-sex hormones, while clinics like, Identity and Full Spectrum Health in Anchorage, as well as Chena Health in Fairbanks, openly market hormonal cross-sex drugs to the LGBTQ community – including minors. Additionally, Psychology Today lists dozens of so-called “gender-affirming” psychologists and therapists who now operate in communities all across Alaska where they encourage and enable minors and adults to present as the opposite sex.

While no Alaska entities advertise surgeries such as breast removal, or manipulation of sexual organs, the state has agreed to pay for these procedures. Clinics, such as the Seattle Children’s Hospital, now advertise these services directly to Alaskans.

According to the Stop the Harm report, Seattle Children’s Hospital is among one of the worst-offending hospitals when it comes to transgender treatment on minors. The institution accepts patients as young as nine who have started puberty, and does not require parental permission to schedule an appointment. While parental consent is required for certain “gender-affirming care” for patients under 18, complete parental consent is not required for medication to suppress menstrual cycles or some testosterone treatments.

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