昆廷·范·米特医生援引变性研究的令人不安的发现，以及挑战相关手术的越来越多的证据
2026年8月15日 美国东部时间早上5:30 / 福克斯新闻网
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儿科内分泌医生支持 Medicaid 终止青少年变性治疗：“此举非常富有同情心”
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，昆廷·范·米特医生支持美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）终止为青少年变性治疗提供 Medicaid 资助的计划，并阐述了他认为在变性政策方面需要做出的进一步调整。
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本周二宣布的终止为青少年变性治疗提供 Medicaid 资助的全面政策调整，受到了至少一位资深儿科医生的称赞。他认为，对于患有性别焦虑的儿童来说，这些手术绝非“富有同情心”的治疗方式。
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，美国儿科学会（ACPeds）前任主席昆廷·范·米特医生谈到了美国卫生与公众服务部和医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心（CMS）发布的新限制措施。
“我真心祝贺卫生与公众服务部和医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心……采取措施阻止为那些医疗和手术干预措施提供资金，主要是因为这类干预并不恰当，”范·米特说道。
尽管有说法称政策调整会让儿童受苦，但身为儿科内分泌医生的范·米特坚称，政府干预并非要剥夺他们所需的医疗服务，而是主张为他们提供持续的心理健康治疗，以解决导致他们痛苦的根本问题。
MEDICAID 终止对儿童变性手术的资助，特朗普政府抨击“实验性”治疗
昆廷·范·米特医生称赞特朗普政府通过阻断变性医疗和手术资金的方式处理变性青少年政策。(福克斯新闻数字频道；凯文·迪奇/盖蒂图片社，资料图)
“这不是拒绝医疗，不是缺乏同情心，也不是否认这些患者的存在，就像有人指责我们在做的那样，”他补充道，“这实际上非常富有同情心、非常恰当，并且已被科学证明对这些儿童有益。”
范·米特在该领域拥有42年经验，其职业生涯始于20世纪70年代末在约翰·霍普金斯大学的研究员经历。他进一步指出，“青春期不是一种疾病”，旨在通过变性治疗改变青春期进程的干预措施，反而可能会加剧儿童面临的心理健康问题。
周二的政策调整背景是，范·米特所称的青少年变性运动背后的医疗框架正在崩塌，他援引了越来越多的证据和一系列令人不安的发现。
其中包括一项由联邦政府资助的研究，据称在多名变性儿童自杀身亡后，研究人员试图掩盖该研究结果；联邦指控质疑一位知名的变性医疗权威；据称数千名“ detransitioner（ detransition 指变性后又恢复原性别身份的人）”人数急剧上升；以及变性手术造成的不可逆伤害，包括绝育。
参议员霍利警告：若数十亿美元纳税人资金流向变性儿童的变性手术，将“令人发指”
美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（左）和医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心主任穆罕默德·奥兹医生在华盛顿特区卫生与公众服务部总部出席活动。(凯莉·库珀/路透社，资料图)
范·米特提到的一个例子可以追溯到2015年，当时美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）资助了一项为期五年的研究，以检验儿童使用变性激素的效果。到第二年，就有三名参与者自杀身亡。
据范·米特称，研究人员在首例死亡后并未立即停止研究，反而试图拒绝公布数据以掩盖结果。该研究的首席调查人员被指存在重大利益冲突，他们“在变性领域非常积极主动”，并经常声称“这些治疗非常有益，应该继续下去”。
这项耗资数百万美元、题为《早期医疗干预对变性青少年的影响》的研究，后来在2024年受到共和党领导的参议院委员会的审查。该委员会指控相关研究人员“故意向美国公众隐瞒科学数据，证明青春期阻滞剂无法改善儿童的心理健康”。
参与调查的共和党议员补充称，该研究还发现有11名参与者存在自杀念头。
变性后恢复原身份的克洛伊·科尔分享性别重置手术后的并发症：“我正在悲伤”
克洛伊·科尔在接受医疗手术后恢复了原性别身份，她警告其他人在变性前应耐心等待并寻求家人支持。(福克斯新闻数字频道，资料图)
此外，一位因牵头制定儿科变性治疗指南而闻名的主要变性医疗权威机构，被指控宣扬意识形态观点而非循证医学。各大医疗团体此前曾采用该指南。
相关批评指向世界跨性别健康专业协会（WPATH），该协会正卷入美国联邦贸易委员会在德克萨斯州法院提起的一起诉讼中。
“这一切都不是标准治疗，没有一项是严谨的。这只是他们基于自身意识形态的特定观点，”范·米特说道。
范·米特补充称，寻求恢复原性别身份的人数大幅增加，他援引在线支持资源的数据称，这些资源每月估计会收到600至700条来自寻求帮助的患者的访问记录。
在去年3月的一次会议上，范·米特称他遇到了来自全球约85名想要恢复原性别身份的人，这表明“显然有一部分群体因此受到了损害”。
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不过，恢复原性别身份据报道是一个极其复杂的过程，涉及重建手术、逐步停药和广泛的心理健康支持。
范·米特表示，变性治疗最终可能导致严重且不可逆的身体伤害。
儿科干预可能导致永久绝育、严重的性功能障碍、永久性骨密度下降、大脑发育受损、早期痴呆风险升高，以及需要持续医疗管理的终身健康问题。
范·米特称，想要接受变性手术的意愿，往往出现在“生活一团糟”的弱势儿童身上，他们试图逃避父母离婚、父母入狱、酗酒、吸毒或家人去世等根本问题。
缺乏判断力的儿童可能会遇到网络社区，这些社区将变性视为万灵药，或声称他们的性别是问题的根源。
联邦贸易委员会指控有影响力的变性健康组织误导父母关于青少年治疗的安全性
范·米特医生表示，变性治疗和手术可能导致严重且不可逆的身体伤害。(iStock)
除了需要为儿童提供更好的心理健康服务外，范·米特称，变性政策在整个系统层面都需要做出更多改变。
范·米特提议切断那些推广变性治疗研究或在课程中将此类程序作为标准治疗进行教授的医学院的联邦资助。
他表示，医生和儿科医生往往不加批判地支持变性，因为否则他们很容易被贴上“偏执狂”或“仇恨者”的标签。
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他说，持不同意见的医护人员还被剥夺了在医学文献、学术部门和专业协会中发声的机会。
此外，他补充道，应该延长诉讼时效，让恢复原性别身份的人有足够的时间起诉提供此类治疗的医疗服务提供者，同时应该对诊所进行科学透明度审计。
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Veteran pediatrician hails Medicaid shift ending youth sex-change treatments: ‘This is not denial of care’
Dr. Quentin Van Meter cites disturbing findings from transgender studies and mounting evidence challenging procedures
August 15, 2026 5:30am EDT / Fox News
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Pediatric endocrinologist backs Medicaid end to youth sex-change treatments: ‘Very compassionate’
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Quentin Van Meter backed HHS plans to end Medicaid support for youth sex-change treatments and outlined further changes he believes are needed in transgender policy.
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The sweeping policy shift announced Tuesday to end Medicaid funding for youth sex-change treatments is being hailed by at least one veteran pediatrician, who argued that the procedures were never “compassionate” approaches for children facing gender dysphoria.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Quentin Van Meter, the immediate past president of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), reflected on the new restrictions issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
“I’m really congratulating HHS and CMS for… taking the step to block the medical and surgical interventions or funding for those in those healthcare systems… primarily because it’s not an appropriate kind of intervention,” Van Meter said.
Despite claims that children will be left to suffer under the policy change, Van Meter, a pediatric endocrinologist, asserted that government intervention is not meant to strip them of the care they need, arguing instead for ongoing mental health treatment to address the underlying issues driving their distress.
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Dr. Quentin Van Meter has commended the Trump administration’s handling of transgender youth policies by blocking funding for medical and surgical sex changes.(Fox News Digital; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, File)
“This is not denial of care. This is not lack of compassion. This is not denial that these patients exist, as we are told that we are doing this,” he added. “This is actually very compassionate, very appropriate, and has been scientifically proven to be of benefit to these children.”
Van Meter, who has 42 years of experience in the field dating back to his fellowship at Johns Hopkins in the late 1970s, further argued that “puberty is not a disease” and that interventions intended to alter its course under sex-change procedures can instead exacerbate the mental health problems children are facing.
Tuesday’s policy shift also comes against the backdrop of what Van Meter described as a collapsing medical framework behind the youth transgender movement, citing mounting evidence and a series of disturbing findings.
This includes a federally funded study researchers allegedly tried to bury after multiple transitioning children reportedly died by suicide, federal allegations challenging a prominent transgender medical authority, the shocking rise in potentially thousands of detransitioners, and the irreversible damage caused by sex changes, including sterilization.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz attend an event at HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.(Kylie Cooper/Reuters, File)
One of the examples Van Meter pointed to dates back to 2015, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded a five-year study to examine the outcomes of sex-change hormones in children. By the second year, three participants had died by suicide.
Not only did researchers fail to immediately halt the study after the first death, they also attempted to bury the results by refusing to publish the data, according to Van Meter. The study’s chief investigators reportedly had a significant conflict of interest, having been “very proactive in the transgender arena” and often asserting that “these treatments are very beneficial and should be continued.”
The multimillion-dollar study, titled “The Impact of Early Medical Treatment in Transgender Youth,” was later scrutinized by a GOP-led Senate committee in 2024. The committee accused the researchers involved of having “intentionally withheld scientific data from the American public showing that puberty blockers do not improve the mental health of children.”
The Republican lawmakers involved added that the study also found 11 participants with suicidal thoughts.
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Chloe Cole, who detransitioned after medical procedures, warns others to wait and seek family support before transitioning.(Fox News Digital, File)
Separately, a major transgender medical authority known for spearheading the pediatric sex-change guidelines that major medical groups relied on, has been accused of promoting ideological opinion instead of evidence-based medicine.
The criticism centers on the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which is being challenged in a Texas court case involving the Federal Trade Commission.
“None of this is a standard of care, none of it is rigorous. It’s just their specific opinion based on their ideology,” Van Meter said.
Van Meter added that there has been a significant increase in the number of people seeking to detransition, citing online support resources that reportedly receive an estimated 600 to 700 hits per month from patients seeking help.
During a conference last March, Van Meter said he encountered roughly 85 individuals from around the world who wanted to detransition, indicating that “there clearly is a population for which this has been a detriment.”
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However, detransitioning is reportedly a highly complex process that involves reconstructive surgeries, gradual medication weaning and extensive mental health support.
Sex-change treatments can ultimately result in severe and irreversible physical harms, Van Meter said.
Pediatric interventions can result in permanent sterilization, profound sexual dysfunction, permanently diminished bone density, impaired brain development, a heightened risk of early dementia and lifelong health conditions requiring continuous medical management.
The desire to undergo sex-change procedures can often emerge among vulnerable children “when their life is falling apart,” as they seek an escape from underlying problems such as divorced parents, parental incarceration, alcoholism, drug abuse or the death of a family member, Van Meter said.
Impressionable children may then encounter online communities that frame undergoing a sex change as a cure-all or claim that their gender is the root of their problems.
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Dr. Van Meter says sex-change treatments and surgeries can result in severe and irreversible physical harms.(iStock)
Beyond the need for better mental health access for children, Van Meter said more should be changed systemically across transgender policies.
Van Meter proposed cutting federal funding from medical schools that promote research into sex-change treatments or teach such procedures as the standard of care in their curricula.
He said doctors and pediatricians often uncritically promote transitions because they can easily be labeled a “bigot” or “hater” otherwise.
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Health care workers who disagree are also denied a voice in medical literature, academic departments and professional associations, he said.
Additionally, he added, the statute of limitations should be extended to give detransitioners ample time to sue healthcare providers for facilitating such treatments, while clinics should be audited for scientific transparency.
Bonny Chu is a Breaking and Trending News Writer for Fox News Digital