FTC holds workshop on deceptive practices in gender-affirming care for minors

Medical professionals and officials attending a Federal Trade Commission workshop that concerns the dangers and deceptive practices of gender-affirming care for minors say that such practices are misleading to consumers and are “one of the greatest frauds” committed against the American people.

The July 9 workshop was focused “on unfair or deceptive trade practices in ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors,” according to an event schedule on the FTC’s website.

The workshop was intended to “help the FTC to understand whether consumers are being or have been exposed to false or unsupported claims about ‘gender-affirming care’ and to gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing,” the FTC said.

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