{"id":280010,"date":"2023-06-06T06:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T11:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=280010"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:41:18","slug":"planned-parenthood-promotes-benefits-transgender-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-promotes-benefits-transgender-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"How Planned Parenthood both promotes and benefits from transgender ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood’s sex education programs have long promoted controversial and risky sexual practices to children<\/a>, along with abortion \u2014 and Planned Parenthood has in turn benefited from the promotion of these ideas. After all, if children aren’t<\/em> having sex, they won’t be in the market for STD testing or treatment, pregnancy testing, birth control, or \u2014 of course \u2014 abortions. And children who aren’t having sex<\/em> don’t benefit Planned Parenthood’s bottom line.<\/p>\n

More recently, people seeking out medicalization<\/a> such as hormone injections have become the corporation’s new “cash cows.”<\/p>\n

It’s not a far-fetched idea to expect Planned Parenthood to promote the things that will increase its revenue. Planned Parenthood may be a “nonprofit” organization, but despite what many people mistakenly believe, this does not mean<\/em><\/a> that the corporation doesn’t make money. In fact, it has seen rising\u00a0excess revenue annually for quite some time<\/a> (the most recently reported year saw the corporation with the highest excess ever recorded, at $204.7 million).<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood has long seen parental involvement and supervision as a liability<\/a> to its agenda, and it continues to infiltrate the public school system in America. This organization, steeped in the idea of population control<\/a> since its founding, has now gone beyond propagandizing abortion as “empowerment” and subjecting even very young children to arguably age-inappropriate material<\/a>. Now, it is grooming these same children to accept transgender ideology \u2014 and the corporation’s potential revenue from this is expected to be very lucrative, with the demographics trending toward younger ages.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood’s new market<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Planned Parenthood states<\/a>, “While we don\u2019t know for sure how many people are transgender, recent research shows that about 1% of people in the U.S. identify as transgender, more than 1.5 million people.” If that number continues to grow, Planned Parenthood will likely see more revenue as a result, as it is now one of the top providers<\/a> of “transgender care.”<\/p>\n

As the administration of hormone injections for transgender-identifying individuals is considered an injection for life<\/em>, Planned Parenthood can expand its customer base for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

According to a June 2022 report<\/a> published by The Williams\u00a0Institute:<\/p>\n

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  • Over 1.6 million adults (ages 18 and older) and youth (ages 13 to 17) identify as transgender in the United States, or 0.6% of those ages 13 and older.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Among U.S. adults, 0.5% (about 1.3 million adults) identify as transgender. Among youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S., 1.4% (about 300,000 youth) identify as transgender.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Of the 1.3 million adults who identify as transgender, 38.5% (515,200) are transgender women, 35.9% (480,000) are transgender men, and 25.6% (341,800) reported they are gender nonconforming.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Research shows transgender individuals are younger on average than the U.S. population. We find that youth ages 13 to 17 are significantly more likely to identify as transgender (1.4%) than adults ages 65 or older (0.3%)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida’s website<\/a> claims that\u00a0“gender affirming hormone therapy,” also known as “GAHT,” includes “Transgender Female (MTF) Hormone Therapy including estrogen and spironolactone” and “Transgender Male (FTM) Hormone Therapy including testosterone.” On a separate page of the\u00a0website<\/a>, Planned Parenthood tells clients that the “cost for a\u00a0GAHT<\/a>\u00a0visit is between $95 to $105. In addition, lab test averages $26 to $142.”<\/p>\n

    Online, Planned Parenthood tells clients<\/a> that their “initial appointment will include a review of medications and informed consent, an assessment of past and current health status, a physical exam based on your individual needs, and education about how to administer the treatment if that is something you are comfortable with. We then ask patients to come back at 3, 6, and 12 months, and once a year (or as needed) after that, if you choose to continue taking hormone treatment at our affiliate.”<\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood adds, “At those appointments, we will conduct routine lab work and will be monitoring how the medication is working, and we will refill your prescription(s).” If a client is uncomfortable injecting their own hormones, Planned Parenthood\u00a0claims they can “schedule appointments with a clinician or a registered nurse so that they can administer the medication for you.”<\/p>\n

    Currently, multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates indicate online that they do not offer hormone injections to minors; one website<\/a> states, “We offer gender\u00a0affirming hormone care for patients 18 years and older\u00a0at all of our health centers and via telehealth.”<\/p>\n

    A 2017 Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania document\u00a0stated<\/a>, “We\u2019re not offering HT services for those under 18. Helping a teen transition medically is a process that involves not only medical providers, but also mental health professionals and possibly legal services. It also requires the involvement of the family in terms of education and consent. PPSP is not able to offer this service at this time and we will reassess offering HT to patients under 18 in the future<\/strong>.” (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

    But Live Action News found several Planned Parenthood affiliate websites openly advertising hormone injections to minors 16 years old. In addition, some websites offered to refer younger<\/em> children for “puberty blockers.”<\/p>\n

    Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood is grooming children to accept transgender ideology.<\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood’s future customers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    A\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0entitled, “Is This Normal? Puberty in Intersex and Non-Binary People, Explained”\u00a0is\u00a0linked on a\u00a0teen website<\/a> published by Planned Parenthood, which promotes “puberty blockers” and hormones:<\/p>\n