Children’s Minnesota is ranked as the third “worst-offending” children’s hospital in a newly-launched database cataloging U.S. medical facilities that have administered sex-change interventions on minors.
The “Stop the Harm Database,” released Tuesday by medical watchdog group Do No Harm, highlights hospitals that have provided puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries to children between 2019 and 2023.
The database, available at StopTheHarmDatabase.com, documents over 13,000 minors receiving gender transition treatments across the country, including 5,747 surgeries and 62,682 hormone and puberty blocker prescriptions.
In Minnesota, Do No Harm said its database “reveals that 382 Minnesota children received sex change-related medical interventions between 2019 and 2023,” with Children’s Minnesota accounting for a significant number of those cases. Although Children’s does not offer surgical interventions, it had the highest number of pediatric patients of any facility in Minnesota, according to the database. That includes 54 patients who were prescribed hormones or puberty blockers.
The database says that Minnesota hospitals have provided surgical interventions to 174 pediatric patients and prescribed puberty blockers and hormones to 219 patients, generating over $2.2 million in billing claims.
Children’s Minnesota is one of 12 hospitals labeled as the “Dirty Dozen” by Do No Harm for what the group describes as some of the most extensive promotion of pediatric sex-change treatments.
The watchdog group, founded in 2022, argues that these procedures are often experimental and can have irreversible impacts on minors. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Harm, emphasized the database’s role in informing parents and policymakers about the prevalence of these treatments.
“With the launch of the Stop the Harm Database, Do No Harm is building on our mission to expose the dangers of experimental pediatric gender medicine and bring the practice to an end,” said Dr. Goldfarb.
“This first-of-its-kind project provides patients, families, and policymakers with a resource that reveals the pervasiveness of irreversible sex-change treatments for minors in America. While this data represents the tip of the iceberg, this is the first step in holding the medical establishment accountable for participating in, and oftentimes promoting, predatory and unscientific medical interventions for vulnerable children.”
Do No Harm senior fellow Chloe Cole, a prominent detransitioner who received a double mastectomy at the age of 15, shared her perspective on the new database.
“This new project from Do No Harm proves the lies from the medical establishment and radical politicians who argue that cases like mine are rare. The stats in this database represent thousands of kids who are being treated like guinea pigs for unproven, and sometimes dangerous, medical experiments,” she said. “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.”
In addition to Children’s Minnesota, the database includes information on other Minnesota hospitals such as M Health Fairview, Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Marys Campus, and Hennepin County Medical Center, detailing which facilities have provided these interventions to minors. Do No Harm compiled the information based on insurance claim data from 2019 to 2023, focusing on confirmed cases of gender transition-related procedures for patients up to the age of 17.5.
State legislators react
Minnesota state legislators Sen. Andrew Mathews and Rep. Walter Hudson have expressed concern over the findings. “The Stop the Harm initiative exposes the facilities that are performing experimental medical procedures on our children, despite the dangerous and permanent effects of these so-called ‘gender affirming’ treatments,” said Sen. Mathews.
Rep. Hudson added, “This resource exposes the harm medical providers are doing to our children in the name of gender ideology. It is a crucial tool in our fight to crack down on the child trans industry.”
Children’s Minnesota did not respond to Alpha News’ request for comment regarding their ranking as of publication.
The hospital previously had a “pronoun galaxy” display. “At Children’s Minnesota, you’re a star,” the display read. Each star on the display included different pronouns like “she/her,” “they/them,” and “he/his.”
A video that was put out by the hospital with Dr. Angela Kade Goepford, a pediatrician and the director of the hospital’s Gender Health program, instructs parents that if their child or teen decides to try a new pronoun, “it would be a good idea to try it.”
Children’s Minnesota also endorsed the controversial “trans refuge bill.” Two “kid experts” from the hospital were invited to “witness” the governor sign two bills into law, one of which made Minnesota a “trans refuge” state.
Hayley Feland
Hayley Feland previously worked as a journalist with The Minnesota Sun, The Wisconsin Daily Star, and The College Fix. She is a Minnesota native with a passion for politics and journalism.
