Chloe Cole | X
Chloe Cole | X
Chloe Cole, a former "detransitioned" child, said minors are "being mutilated" by sex change surgeries being performed in Arizona.
"Children are being mutilated in Arizona." Cole wrote in a Oct. 9 post on X. "There are legislators like Senator Shamp that have tried to stop the harm but many are still too afraid to do the right thing. How many children are too many?"
Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) provided "sex change" treatments to at least 86 children between 2019 and 2023.
That’s according to a national database released today of hospitals and medical facilities “administering irreversible sex change interventions on children in the United States” by the organization Do No Harm.
“With the launch of the Stop the Harm Database, Do No Harm is building on our mission to expose the dangers of experimental pediatric gender medicine and bring the practice to an end,” said Do No Harm Chairman Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, in a press release. “This first-of-its-kind project provides patients, families, and policymakers with a resource that reveals the pervasiveness of irreversible sex-change treatments for minors in America.
“While this data represents the tip of the iceberg, this is the first step in holding the medical establishment accountable for participating in, and often times promoting, predatory and unscientific medical interventions for vulnerable children,” Goldfarb said.
Do No Harm said the database “catalogs pediatric sex change-related services, including surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers, at U.S.-based medical facilities between 2019 and 2023.”
The data represents sources including “claims clearinghouses, data aggregators, payors, health systems, CMS, and multiple open data sources,” according to Do No Harm, and includes data from commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and VA claims.”
Former Gov. Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.) signed a bill into law in March 2022 that delayed "any irreversible gender reassignment surgery until the age of 18," according to a press release issued by the then-Governor's office. The bill did not prohibit puberty blocking hormones or any other hormone therapy.
PCH saw 86 “sex change” patients, who were children, from 2019 to 2023, according to the Do No Harm database, including one surgery patient and 86 total “hormone and puberty blocker” patients. There were 886 total prescriptions written. In all, it amounted to $121,713 total submitted charges.
Founded in 1983, PCH is a pediatric medical center located in Phoenix. The hospital provides specialized care in areas such as cardiology, neurology, oncology, and orthopedics. It operates several outpatient centers across the state and is affiliated with the University of Arizona College of Medicine. The hospital also conducts research and offers medical education programs for healthcare professionals.
The hospital has a "Gender Support Program" that provides "outpatient services for transgender and gender-expansive children and youth," according to the PCH website, which says the program provides "mental health therapy, occupational therapy, adolescent medicine, and pediatric endocrinology."
PCH was "indirectly involved in a lawsuit brought against the state on behalf of three transgender children," reported The Daily Wire in 2022.
"The children’s guardians sued the state to force it to change the birth certificate of each child to reflect the gender each now identifies as, rather than their biological sex," said the news report.
Patrick Goodman, husband to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.), works at PCH as a mental health therapist and, reported The Daily Wire, was "identified as a therapist to one of the children involved in the lawsuit."
"In one document dated November 9, 2020, Goodman was identified as a potential witness in the case, expected to testify on the child’s treatment," said the news report. "Goodman was to testify in relation to Jane Doe’s request for a preliminary injunction to force the state to change the child’s birth certificate ahead of the start of the school year."
Robert Meyer is the president and CEO of PCH, having joined the hospital in 2003. Meyer previously worked as a vice president for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and as chief financial officer for Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa.
The chairman of PCH's board of directors is David Lenhart, the former president and CEO of PetSmart. Lenhart as an manager with Bain and Company, and as a financial analyst with Merrill Lynch. He also is on the boards of The Michaels Companies, Casey's General Stores, the Phoenix Art Museum, and Dogtopia.
In all, hospitals in Arizona saw 243 minors who were “sex change patients,” including 78 total surgery patients. These hospitals administered “hormone and puberty blockers” to 168 total children, and wrote 1,412 prescriptions. In all, it totaled $1,721,239 in total submitted charges.
Chloe Cole, a senior fellow at Do No Harm, said the database “proves the lies from the medical establishment and radical politicians who argue that cases like mine are rare.”
A 20-year-old woman who said that she had “gender dysphoria” was given “puberty blockers,” testosterone and had a double mastectomy at age 12, Cole has since “de-transitioned” and supports bans on the chemical castration of minors. Cole joined Ariz. State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) at a February press conference during which Shamp introduced a bill, SB 1511, that would require insurers and providers of chemical castration drugs and surgeries to also provide and cover “de-transitioning” procedures.
Hobbs vetoed that bill in June.
“The stats in this database represent thousands of kids who are being treated like Guinea pigs for unproven, and sometimes dangerous, medical experiments,” said Cole. “I hope politicians and parents alike use this database to see where these treatments are happening and protect their children from being rushed into irreversible, life-altering treatments.”
Nationally, 13,994 children received sex change related treatments between 2019 and 2023, according to Do No Harm’s database. This includes 5,747 sex change surgeries performed on children, and 62,682 hormone and puberty blockers prescriptions written for 8,579 pediatric patients.
“At least $119,791,202 made from sex change treatments performed on minors,” reported the organization.
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The “12 worst offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors" according to Do No Harm.
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