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Tennessee Republicans Ask Vanderbilt Hospital to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Children

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Tennessee Republicans Ask Vanderbilt Hospital to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Children
A view of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2013. Google Street View
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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9/28/2022|Updated: 9/30/2022
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In the wake of reports surrounding details of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) pediatric “gender-affirming care,” Republican lawmakers of Tennessee are calling on the clinic to pause performing such procedures on children.

In a letter sent on Wednesday to VUMC board of directors, a group of 62 Tennessee House Republicans asked Vanderbilt’s pediatric transgender clinic to immediately halt “surgical mutilations of minor children” while they prepare a legislative response.
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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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