WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson speaks alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance (L) during a press conference on the Trump administration's anti-fraud initiatives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Vance announced plans for the government to cut federal funding for Medicaid expenses in states who fail to comply with anti-fraud safeguards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Federal Trade Commission and four GOP-led states filed a lawsuit against a transgender medical group for allegedly making false claims regarding transgender procedures on minors.
The FTC, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health for providing "the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services," according to the agency.
WPATH is "an association of clinicians who profit from pediatric medical transition services, recommended medical interventions, including drugs and surgery, for children and adolescents who expressed dissatisfaction with or distress about their sex traits," the FTC said.
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