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Two Youths Commit Suicide In Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study

https://www.theepochtimes.com/concerns-raised-in-congress-as-2-youths-commit-suicide-in-taxpayer-funded-cross-sex-hormone-study_5256539.html

Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young
people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
Chloe Cole, an 18-year-old woman who regrets surgically removing her
breasts, holds testosterone medication used for transgender patients
in Northern California on Aug. 26, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch
Times)

Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the
study, according to a January article by researchers published in the
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting director at NIH, 15
Republican lawmakers question why the study wasn’t halted after
participants died or reported adverse effects.

“It is alarming that vulnerable young people died by suicide while
participating in a taxpayer-funded study that will almost certainly
inflict devastating physical harm on those who participated,” the
lawmakers’ letter stated.
Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr.Lawrence Tabak
testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2022. (SHAWN
THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“Rather than shutting the study down after such serious adverse
events, the researchers published their paper, concluding that the
study was a success because cross-sex hormones had altered subjects’
physical appearance and improved psychosocial functioning,” lawmakers
added.

The study “Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years
of Hormones” attempted to analyze the psychosocial state of
participants.

Researchers evaluated the impact of cross-sex hormones on “transgender
and nonbinary youth” between the ages of 12 and 20, according to the
study.

NIH awarded $477,444 in a five-year grant to the Boston Children’s
Hospital, the University of California at San Francisco, and the Lurie
Children’s Hospital of Chicago for the study, according to a report in
The Daily Signal. Dr. Diane Chen at the Lurie Children’s Hospital led
the study.

Lawmakers have blasted the study for subjecting children to “radical
gender ideology.” Of 315 study subjects, 240 were minors.

After the study was published, the medical watchdog group “Do No
Harm,” called the research “fatally flawed and borderline
unscientific” because it muddled instead of clarified questions about
the medical transition of children.

Twenty-four participants in the study received cross-sex hormones
after puberty suppression—when they’re “in early puberty”—and are
“likely sterile as a result,” according to the lawmakers.

Lawmakers said that other risks to participants include an increased
chance of cardiovascular disease and blood clotting. They also
questioned the value of a study that didn’t include a “control group.”

The letter stated the taxpayer-funded research was already being used
to further the “fallacy” that chemically transitioning children was
safe and effective despite “glaring shortfalls.”
Police face pro-transgender protesters outside of Boston Children’s
Hospital in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 18, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via
Getty Images)

The study didn’t dwell on the suicides. Instead, it reported
“positive” effects of cross-sex hormones, such as “life satisfaction”
and decreases in depression and anxiety—at least for the duration of
the study.

Republicans charged that some involved in the study were known
transgender activists focused on gender modification for children.

In a video later removed from Boston Children’s Hospital’s YouTube
channel, the hospital claimed “that children can know their gender
identity ‘from the womb,'” lawmakers said.

According to the letter, Johanna Olson, a co-author of the NEJM
article, received a federal grant for a study in which she altered
protocol to allow children as young as 8 years old to receive
cross-sex hormones.

The lawmakers noted in their objection that research shows gender
dysphoria in minors often resolves by itself as struggling teenagers
progress through puberty, “completely undermining the idea that
children should have their bodies permanently altered to match their
changing identities.”

They added that the NIH plans to give more than $10.6 million to
“experiment on children and adolescents through 2026.”

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) led the letter
demanding responses to questions by June 9.

Questions included the age of the suicide victims, the clinic that
administered the hormones, and what steps may have been taken to halt
and review the study when the deaths occurred.

Lawmakers also want to know if any steps were taken to provide ongoing
monitoring of other children participating in the study to ensure that
they are not at risk for suicide.

They also asked if participants had been evaluated for sterility or
impaired fertility as a result of receiving cross-sex hormones and the
results.

In a press release, Brecheen said lawmakers are committed to holding
those responsible for the loss of life accountable.

“It is sickening that the federal government is preying on young
people and using our taxpayer dollars to advance its radical gender
ideology,” Brecheen said.
Josh Brecheen elected as Oklahoma Congressman. (Courtesy of Brecheen
for Congress)

Budd called the NIH-funded study “highly questionable experiments.”

“Taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund studies that encourage
gender transition interventions on young people,” Budd said.

Others signing the letter included Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rand
Paul (R-Ky.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Reps.
Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.),
Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Randy Weber (R-Texas), Chip
Roy (R-Texas), Ronny Jackson(R-Texas), and Michael Cloud (R-Texas).


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