Mother Testifies She Consented to Daughter’s Transgender Surgery Over Fears for the Teen’s Life

The court heard claims that a psychologist’s warnings about a girl’s mental state influenced a mother’s decision to consent to the surgery.

Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 2026. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A mother told jurors last week that she consented to breast removal surgery for her teenage daughter out of fear the girl would take her own life.

Claire Deacon, mother of plaintiff Fox Varian, told the court on Jan. 15 that psychologist Dr. Kenneth Einhorn insisted her daughter was at risk of harming herself since she was a teenager with depression and gender dysphoria.