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North Carolina Doctor on Video Discussing Treating 8-Year-Olds With Puberty Blockers

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North Carolina Doctor on Video Discussing Treating 8-Year-Olds With Puberty Blockers
An LGBT activist holds pins about gender pronouns, at the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyo., on Aug. 13, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
6/10/2023|Updated: 6/10/2023
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A doctor at a North Carolina youth gender clinic discussed treating patients as young as 2nd grade with puberty blockers in a video recently spotlighted by a parental rights activist.

In a video posted to YouTube, Dr. Deanna Adkins describes the protocols during “KIPL Power Hour: Caring for LGBT Patients During Covid-19.”
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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