Debunking the Utah Department of Health and Human Services’ Defense of Pediatric Medical Transition

In May 2025, Utah’s Department of Health and Human Services released a report aimed at providing evidence-based recommendations to the Utah state legislature regarding the potential lifting of the moratorium on hormonal interventions for minors with gender dysphoria. However, the report misrepresents the literature and makes several key errors, such as failing to synthesize the evidence, a key component of any systematic review. This memo explains why Utah’s report is flawed and why its recommendations are unpersuasive and unsupported by the professional standards of evidence-based medicine.

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