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The Three Reasons Why The FTC Can Put WPATH On Trial For Fraud

And put an end to pediatric gender interventions in America

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Matt Osborne
Jun 19, 2026
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Litigation filed this week promises to break the spell of protection that pediatric ‘gender medicine’ has enjoyed in American discourse.

WPATH “has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services”, the Federal Trade Commission says on their announcement page.

“Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services”, Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson explained.

FTC joins the attorneys general of four states, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, in charging the World Professional Association of Transgender health with “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” and “unfair methods of competition” in violation of the FTC Act.

Fraud. WPATH is charged with fraud.

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The trial will be held in Texas because WPATH never filed the necessary legal paperwork to leave the state when it was incorporated in Illinois. After I attended the FTC…

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