Comment on HHS Acts to Bar Hospitals from Performing Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Children by Protect Freedom

You'll notice that Sen. Wienerhead never provided the source of his suicide statements. Maybe this will help. Transgender youth who have undergone gender-affirming surgeries face significantly elevated suicide risk compared to the general population. Studies indicate that suicide risk remains high even after surgical transition. For example, a Swedish study found that transgender individuals undergoing gender affirmation surgery had a 19 times greater risk of dying by suicide than the general population. Another study from Denmark reported that suicide mortality among transgender-identified individuals was 3.5 times higher than in the non-transgender population, with a standardized adjusted suicide rate of 75 per 100,000. In the Netherlands, a 1988 study of 141 patients who underwent sex reassignment surgery found three suicides and sixteen suicide attempts within two to five years post-transition, which equates to an exceptionally high suicide rate of at least 425 per 100,000.