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FTC Sues WPATH Over Unproven Trans Care Standards

6/18/2026

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  • The FTC sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health in a Texas federal court, where Texas, Iowa, Alaska and Nebraska joined.
  • The complaint says WPATH created Standards of Care 8 without scientific protocols, called pediatric transitions lifesaving, profits from insurance coverage, and hides side effects mood disturbances, sexual dysfunction.
  • WPATH says FTC is overreaching, interferes with individualized medical decisions, and expects the court to dismiss the complaint as baseless.