America’s Largest Medical Association Sides With Child Mutilation After SCOTUS Ruling

The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest medical association in the United States, is coming out against the Supreme Courts ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, arguing that irreversible and damaging transgender procedures for minors are necessary treatments.

“The American Medical Association is disappointed in today’s decision that opens the door to further intrusion into patient care and harmful government interference into the practice of medicine,” AMA President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala said in a statement after the ruling came down.

The court ruled on Wednesday that Tennessee’s ban on controversial transgender “care” for minors is constitutional, noting the law doesn’t violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Mukkamala became president of the AMA earlier this month, and is continuing the organization’s strong support for transgender drugs and procedures on minors.

Credit: The American Medical Association

“All patients deserve access to high-quality, evidence-based medical care. Decisions about medical treatment must be made through a shared decision-making process between the patient and their physician, based on individual patient needs and in accordance with medical evidence and the standards of good medical practice,” Mukkamala claimed.

“The AMA opposes efforts by the government to insert itself into the patient-physician relationship and interfere in clinical decision-making with no regard for the clinical standards of care,” he added.

The AMA — which is the largest medical association in the United States and has significant influence in shaping policy and common medical practices — has been an advocate for transgender procedures on minors for years.

For example, the AMA “strongly” supported Dr. Rachel Levine’s nomination as Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Biden era. Notably, Levine is a proponent of all types of so-called gender-affirming care procedures and drugs for minors.

“If confirmed, she would be the highest-ranking transgender official in the U.S. government—a strong, inclusive message to America’s LGBTQ community,” the AMA said at the time of Levine, who is male.

Additionally, the AMA passed a resolution in 2023 that committed to “opposing any criminal and legal penalties against patients seeking gender-affirming care, family members or guardians who support them in seeking medical care, and health care facilities and clinicians who provide gender-affirming care.”

The AMA also vowed to “work at the federal and state level with legislators and regulators to oppose such policies and collaborate with other organizations to educate the Federation of State Medical Boards about the importance of gender-affirming care.”

Related: Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban On Transgender Drugs For Children