A Harris-Walz victory this November will all but guarantee that medical institutions and professionals committed to “do no harm” will be forced to participate in the gender delusion. And make no mistake about it: that means doing harm. The situation is already out of control. Whatever happens, more robust enforcement of conscience protections is needed to save our health care system from the gender mafia.
Although many prominent medical associations embrace the medicalization of gender ideology, some nurses, doctors, and other health care workers have started speaking out about the dangers of sex-change medical “interventions” — particularly when, horrifyingly, they involve children. They often do so to the detriment of their own livelihoods.
Take, for example, Dr. Ethan Haim. When he was a surgical resident at the Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital, Haim gave conservative journalist Christopher Rufo records indicating that the hospital had secretly continued sex-change procedures on minors despite pledging that it would no longer do so. He was later indicted by the Department of Justice for allegedly obtaining health information for patients not under his care.
Another Texan, former Texas Children’s Hospital nurse Vanessa Sivadge, was fired after claiming that the hospital used Texas Medicaid to cover attempted sex changes for children. She had previously requested a religious accommodation to be transferred out of the endocrinology clinic. Her request was denied. She shared her story with Rufo, who later made it public on X. The following day, the hospital put Sivadge on leave, citing “things shared publicly” which she believes was a reference to the
