AAP faces pressure over trans youth care, guiding docs to keep parents in the dark about child's sexual health

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FIRST ON FOX: A parental rights advocacy organization is sounding the alarm over the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) support for transgender medical procedures for minors and encouragement of healthcare providers to withhold the sexual health and history of underage patients from parents. The American Parents’ Coalition compiled a "lookout" showcasing videos and public statements by AAP asserting that "science" supports "gender-affirming care," which can range from puberty blockers to cross-sex hormones to surgeries for minors. The launch of the online parental notification system comes weeks before AAP is scheduled to hold its advocacy conference in Virginia from April 12 to April 14. American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré accused AAP of acting like "a political advocacy group , putting ideology ahead of evidence and children’s wellbeing." The "lookout" states that during AAP’s 2025 Leadership Conference, 98% of its members voted to make protecting sex change treatments its top resolution. "Even as health systems abroad rethink experimental gender interventions, the AAP has doubled down on aggressive and irreversible procedures rather than exercise basic caution," Marre said. "By prioritizing resolutions that elevate transgender interventions and partnering with activist groups, the AAP is acting to protect a political project." HHS UNLEASHES SWEEPING CRACKDOWN ON CHILD ‘SEX-REJECTING PROCEDURES,’ THREATENS HOSPITAL, MEDICAID FUNDING In addition to advocating for sex change treatments for minors, AAP advocates for other political agendas, including banning so-called "assault weapons " and red flag laws, which allow courts to temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed a risk to themselves or others. A 2023 blog post on AAP’s website titled "Supporting Our Transgender and Gender-diverse Youth" stresses that doctors must provide "unconditional support" to underage patients, including asking their pronouns, using their preferred nam…