Russian troops forced me to clean torture cells, Ukrainian former teen prisoner tells Euronews

Russia has forcefully deported at least 20,000 Ukrainian children since the beginning of its full-scale invasion. Kyiv ...
Wall Street Journal

Gender-Affirming Care Needs a Lobotomy

Free Expression is a daily newsletter on American life, politics and culture from the Opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal. Sign up and start reading Free Expression today. Different societies ...
STAT

Plastic surgeons society recommends delaying gender-affirming procedures until age 19

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...
The New York Times

Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach. By Andrew Jacobs For the first ...
The New York Times

Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor

In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. By Andrew Jacobs In the first malpractice verdict against ...
Becker's Hospital Review

AMA clarifies position on gender-affirming surgeries for minors

The American Medical Association, one of the largest U.S. healthcare organizations, has revised its position on gender-affirming surgeries for minors, the AMA told Becker’s in a statement shared Feb.
The Washington Post

First major medical group opposes gender transition surgeries for youth

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a broad recommendation against gender transition surgeries for youths, becoming the first major medical association in the United States to narrow ...
CNN

Plastic surgeons group calls for delaying gender-affirming surgery until age 19

The nation’s largest professional organization for plastic surgeons recommended that gender-affirming surgeries be delayed until patients turn 19, changing the group’s stance on the politically ...
CBS News

Johns Hopkins Medicine denies performing gender transition procedures for minors despite claims by HHS

Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Medicine denied performing gender transition procedures for minors after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) threatened to investigate. HHS General Counsel ...
SCOTUSblog

The justices and gender pronouns

Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. At issue was whether Idaho and West Virginia laws that prohibit transgender women and girls from ...
Women's eNews

Gender Equality’s Final Frontier: Ourselves

The United Nations’ Gender Snapshot 2025 is out, and the numbers are grim: Women have broken barriers in education but remain sidelined in leadership, holding only 27.2% of parliamentary seats, 30% of ...