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Taxpayers spent over $110,000 for kids’ ‘sex change’ interventions in Wisconsin, report shows

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), left, Gov. Tony Evers (D-Wisc.), center, and Vice President Kamala Harris (D) | Facebook / National Governors Association / X

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), left, Gov. Tony Evers (D-Wisc.), center, and Vice President Kamala Harris (D) | Facebook / National Governors Association / X

Taxpayers spent more than $110,000 for “irreversible sex change interventions” on children in Wisconsin via managed Medicaid between the years 2019 and 2023.

That’s according to a national database released today of hospitals and medical facilities “administering irreversible sex change interventions on children in the United States” by the organization Do No Harm. 

The database shows that hospitals in Wisconsin saw 198 minors who were “sex change patients,” including 104 total surgery patients. These hospitals administered “hormone and puberty blockers” to 100 total children and wrote 425 prescriptions. In all, it totaled $1,148,958 in total submitted charges.

Twenty-nine of these interventions were paid for by the managed Medicaid program for a total of $111,037.93 in taxpayer funding.

Do No Harm said the database “catalogs pediatric sex change-related services, including surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers, at U.S.-based medical facilities between 2019 and 2023.”

The data represents sources including “claims clearinghouses, data aggregators, payors, health systems, CMS, and multiple open data sources,” according to Do No Harm, and includes data from commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and VA claims.”

The Bellin Hospital of Green Bay submitted the most charges among Wisconsin hospitals, according to the database. The hospital saw 22 “sex change” patients, who were children, from 2019 to 2023, including 10 surgery patients and 14 total “hormone and puberty blocker” patients. There were 61 total prescriptions written. In all, it amounted to $373,102 in total submitted charges.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin was the only children's hospital from the state included in the database. The facility saw 18 underage “sex change” patients, including 6 surgery patients and 12 total “hormone and puberty blocker” patients. There were 50 total prescriptions written. A total of $5,743 submitted charges were made.

Originally opened in 1894, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is located in Milwaukee, WI, with a secondary campus located in Neenah. The hospital offers specialized care in pediatric oncology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology, and neo-natal care, among other services. The hospital is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The issue of taxpayer funding of these procedures has gained national attention as Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who is in a dead heat with former President Donald Trump, has openly advocated for "transgender" surgeries for illegal immigrants and prisoners.

In 2017, then-President Trump rescinded an Obama-era "guidance" to public schools to allow "transgender" students to use the bathrooms of their choice. Obama had threatened "to withhold funding for schools that did not comply" with his guidance — a move that was undone by Trump. 

A recent ad by the Senate Leadership Fund said that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) "supported providing puberty blockers and sex change surgeries to minor children," according to The Guardian. On October 4, 2023 Baldwin made a post in support of Governor Tony Evers' (D) veto of legislation that forbid puberty blockers and sex change surgeries for minors.

Chloe Cole, a senior fellow at Do No Harm, said the database “proves the lies from the medical establishment and radical politicians who argue that cases like mine are rare.”

A 20-year-old woman who said that she had “gender dysphoria” was given “puberty blockers,” testosterone and had a double mastectomy at age 12, Cole has since “de-transitioned” and supports bans on the chemical castration of minors. 

“The stats in this database represent thousands of kids who are being treated like Guinea pigs for unproven, and sometimes dangerous, medical experiments,” said Cole. “I hope politicians and parents alike use this database to see where these treatments are happening and protect their children from being rushed into irreversible, life-altering treatments.”

Nationally, 13,994 children received sex change-related treatments between 2019 and 2023, according to Do No Harm’s database. This includes 5,747 sex change surgeries performed on children, and 62,682 hormone and puberty blockers prescriptions written for 8,579 pediatric patients. 

“At least $119,791,202 made from sex change treatments performed on minors,” reported the organization.


Which Wisconsin Hospitals are Performing these "Irreversible Sex Change Interventions"?

Source: StoptheHarmDatabase.com 

FacilityTotal PatientsSurgery PatientsHormone and Puberty Blocker PatientsPrescriptions WrittenSubmitted Charges

Bellin Hospital Green Bay22101461$373,102
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc141400$131,660
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc7700$116,338
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Neenah6525$80,180
UnityPoint Health Meriter111100$76,687
Ascension NE Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Campus7615$56,998
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire2114$47,056
ThedaCare Medical Center New London5411$42,349
University Hospital28151371$38,873
Bellin Memorial Hospital Inc5500$36,630
Aspirus Merrill Hospital1100$27,910
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center1100$26,797
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Appleton5235$21,916
Froedtert Hospital72522$19,358
Wausau Surgery Center LLC2200$18,872
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha2200$17,360
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center80828$10,091
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin1861250$5,743
Aspirus Wausau Hospital40437$2,278
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Madison80824$2,158
Independent Facility80821$815
Aspirus Riverview Hospital1014$803
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital1018$592
Marshfield Medical Center Weston1015$370
Mayo Clinic Health System Red Cedar in Menomonie1012$272
Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare La Crosse3038$261
Watertown Regional Medical Center3036$242
Marshfield Medical Center Marshfield2113$183
Black River Memorial Hospital1012$94
Southwest Health Center1012$76
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital1015$57
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro1011$50
Mayo Clinic Health System Northland in Barron1011$15
Amery Hospital & Clinic1014$0
MCHS Hospitals Inc4400$0
Appleton Plastic Surgery Center SC1100$0
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital Fond du Lac1013$0
Dean Health Systems Inc161600$0
MinuteClinic Diagnostic of Wisconsin LLC1100$0
Aurora West Allis Medical Center1100$0
Transformations Surgery Center Inc1100$0
ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital1015$0
Madison Surgery Center Inc6600$0
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital St. Joseph Campus6600$0
River Falls Area Hospital20214$0
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital1100$0

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