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FTC to Investigate Whether Transgender Procedures Are Being Sold Through Deceptive Practices
Parents of affected children are ‘confronted with a terrifying choice: Either consent to gender-affirming care, or their child may die,’ the FTC head said.
Whistleblowers from the medical community speak at a Federal Trade Commission workshop in Washington on alleged deceptive marketing in the transgender procedure business. (L–R) Vanessa Sivadge, registered nurse; Jamie Reed, executive director of LGB Courage Coalition; Tamara Pietzke, licensed clinical social worker; Leta Boylan, registered nurse; and Sara Stockton, marriage and family therapist, on July 9, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times
WASHINGTON—A federal agency is launching an investigation to see whether so-called gender transition procedures are being offered under unfair or false claims.
“Today is not about politics,” Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in his opening remarks at a July 9 workshop examining the issue.
Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]
