AFPI Applauds FTC Lawsuit Against WPATH Harming American Children

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with the states of Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, filing suit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) for allegedly promoting false and unsubstantiated claims to sell experimental medical transitions on American children:

“This lawsuit is a victory for American children and another rebuke to the radical gender industrial complex that has been preying on vulnerable families,” said Dr. Jennifer Bauwens, AFPI Director of American Values. “Parents are being deceived with fallacious science and emotional manipulation to push drugs and surgeries that do not actually help children but are increasingly showing great and irreversible harms. These are not ‘lifesaving’ treatments; they are chemical and surgical experiments that rob children of their mental and physical health. We must protect our kids from those who profit from their confusion and distress.”

AFPI stands firmly with the FTC and the states fighting to defend parental rights, biological reality, and a basic understanding of child development. No American child should be subjected to these irreversible, dangerous medical procedures. Our nation’s future depends on raising strong, healthy, and mentally sound generations, not lying to children and parents to create a generation of lifelong patients for profit.