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Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash

Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is pictured on July 16, 2013. Mark Humphrey/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
10/8/2022|Updated: 10/8/2022
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A top medical center in Tennessee is pausing the removal of breasts and other procedures that it says were performed on transgender youth in recent years.

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) disclosed the pause in a letter to a state representative on Oct. 7.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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