Washington University in St. Louis is calling whistleblower allegations against its transgender center "troubling" after a former employee penned an op-ed and filed an affidavit with the state attorney general's office.
Jaime Reed, a former case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital wrote an op-ed published Thursday in the Free Press, alleging the health center has a "lack of regard for the rights of parents."
"Two weeks ago, I brought my concerns and documents to the attention of Missouri’s attorney general. He is a Republican. I am a progressive. But the safety of children should not be a matter for our culture wars," Reed wrote in the op-ed.
In the affidavit, Reed accused hospital employees at the transgender center of lying to parents of patients, among other allegations.
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"During my time at the Center, I personally witnessed Center healthcare providers lie to the public and to parents of patients about the treatment, or lack of treatment, and the effects of treatment provided to children at the Center," Reed wrote in the affidavit filed with the state's attorney general's office. "I have seen puberty blockers worsen the mental health outcomes of children. Children who have not contemplated suicide before being put on puberty blockers have attempted suicide after."
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