The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest medical group, has finally acknowledged the dangers of transgender surgeries on minors, reversing its prior advocacy by agreeing with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) that such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
In a statement to National Review on February 4, 2026, the AMA cited “insufficient evidence” supporting a favorable risk-benefit ratio for genital surgeries, breast removals, and other interventions, emphasizing the need for robust data before endorsing irreversible harms on developing bodies.This pivot follows a landmark $2 million malpractice verdict awarded to a young woman who underwent breast removal at age 16 amid mental health struggles—a stark reminder of the lifelong regrets and physical damage inflicted by radical gender ideology.
The AMA still supports other “gender-affirming” care for minors, like puberty blockers, but its shift on surgeries marks a critical admission that prioritizing activism over science endangers innocents. Previously, the AMA fiercely opposed state restrictions, with President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala decrying government “interference” in the patient-physician relationship after the Supreme Court’s United States v. Skrmetti ruling upheld such bans.
In 2023, the group passed a resolution vowing to fight penalties for providing transgender procedures, collaborating with legislators to safeguard these practices despite questionable claims on low regret rates and suicide risks.This reversal underscores a broader reckoning against leftist overreach in medicine, where vulnerable youth—much like the unborn—are treated as expendable in ideological experiments.
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