American College of Pediatricians

We’re told that changing a child’s name, pronouns, and identity is an act of love, but what if that so-called “affirmation” is actually the start of a dangerous medical experiment? Pediatrician, researcher, former Executive Director of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), and the current Chair of the ACPeds Adolescent Sexuality Committee, Dr. Michelle Cretella says social transition isn’t harmless—it can confuse children when they are not being told the truth about their identity as male or female, disrupt their normal development, and lead them down the path of chemical and surgical interventions. On this episode of the Bioethics Babe Podcast, we’re identifying the hidden risks of social transition in children—and asking the hard questions no one else will. Are Read More ›

What happens when the medical establishment stops protecting children — and starts encouraging medicalizing sexual identity confusion instead? In this episode of Bioethics Babe, Dr. Jill Simons, a board-certified pediatrician and Executive Director of the American College of Pediatricians, exposes how ideology has overtaken science and good medicine in the treatment of children with sexual identity disorder and how this puts vulnerable kids at risk. Dr. Simons shares how her decades of experience in pediatrics led her to speak out against sex-rejecting interventions on children with sexual identity disorder — interventions which are not compassionate and leave lifelong physical and mental consequences. We discuss: Dr. Simons explains why she believes children deserve truth, not a pathway to sex-rejecting transition. Watch Read More ›