Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, shown here at a news conference May 31, 2024, has joined a letter claiming a pediatric medical association’s gender-affirming care policy may violate the law. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird — along with attorneys general and other officials from 20 U.S. states – has accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of possible “violations of state consumer protection statutes” over its standards and recommendations for gender dysphoria care for children.
Bird joined a letter sent Tuesday by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador. The attorneys general requested information detailing the academy’s evidence for its current recommendations for puberty blockers for gender dysphoria-diagnosed youth.
“Most concerning, AAP claims that the use of puberty blockers on children is safe and reversible,” Labrador’s office said in a press release . “This assertion is not grounded in evidence and therefore may run afoul of consumer protection laws in most states.”