Extended Statute of Limitations on Malpractice Could Benefit Transgender Lawsuit

Prisha Mosley, a detransitioner who now advocates against transgender procedures, is seeking to have her lawsuit on medical malpractice, fraud, and negligence charges reinstated in a case that could have wide-ranging ramifications. 

Mosley, who was put on testosterone when she was 17, sued several health care providers on medical malpractice and negligence claims in 2023. A judge dismissed her malpractice claims last year on statute of limitations grounds, while clearing her case to move forward on the fraud, facilitating fraud, and civil conspiracy charges.

Now, she is seeking to have her lawsuit revived because North Carolina’s General Assembly has passed legislation that extends the statute of limitations to 10 years for malpractice lawsuits related to gender transitions. That legislation took effect on July 29.

“Last year, the court ruled that Prisha’s fraud claims are legally sufficient, but it dismissed her medical malpractice claims as too late,” Mosley’s legal counsel, Josh Payne, explained in a statement.

“The North Carolina legislature has now extended the time period for individuals to sue for harm caused by gender transition procedures in law. We look forward to helping Prisha pursue justice and hold her doctors accountable for the harm they caused,” Payne said. 

The defense is expected to argue that the case should remain dismissed. If Mosley’s case is revived, then a trial could occur by next summer.

“This case isn’t just about me. It is about accountability for every individual who was sold irreversible and life-altering lies. I am incredibly grateful that [North Carolina law] HB 805 has given me a second chance to be heard and to seek justice for the pain that I have had to endure,” Mosley explained, adding:

A longer statute of limitations is only fair and opens the pathway to justice for many victims, as recent studies and detransitioners alike say that the average time it takes to recognize the transition as harmful is seven years.

The detransitioner activist described in a recent op-ed the chronic pain, sexual disfunction, and a damaged voice she attributes to being put on testosterone. According to Mosley, she has also suffered from having breast milk stuck in her chest after she says a surgeon sewed her nipples on in the wrong place after cutting them to make them appear more masculine.

“Each step of the way, the medical establishment profited from my suffering: First, from the hormones and surgery that harmed me, then from corrective hormones and surgery to mitigate and try to heal the damage they caused,” she wrote. 

Mosley is an ambassador for the Independent Women’s Forum. Beth Parlato, a senior legal adviser for the group, explained that her case “is a crucial moment in the fight to protect vulnerable minors from irreversible harm at the hands of a medical system captured by radical gender ideology. No child can give truly informed consent to life-altering procedures that carry permanent consequences.”

Parlato added:

Those responsible for violating that basic ethical standard must be held accountable. We stand in full support of Prisha, who has bravely come forward to expose a system that failed her.

Mosley is not the only detransitioner who has become more vocal in recent years about transgender medical interventions.

The Daily Signal did not immediately get responses to requests for comment from defendants in Mosley’s lawsuit.

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