Former chief pediatrician at Texas Children’s Hospital who endorsed puberty blockers for minors now serves in the Biden administration

07/29/2024 / By Laura Harris

America First Legal (AFL) recently revealed that the former chief pediatrician of Texas Children’s Hospital who endorsed puberty blockers for minors has assumed a high-ranking office at the National Institute of Health (NIH) following her resignation from the hospital in April 2022.

In 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas ordered an investigation into underage transitions, directing state officials to treat such procedures as child abuse. This directive led Texas Children’s Hospital to halt its gender transition services for minors.

Catherine Gordon, the chief pediatrician of the hospital at the time, resigned after an article she authored supporting puberty blockers as “invaluable” for gender-confused minors came under scrutiny.

She then joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as clinical director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) on September 2023.

According to the emails obtained by AFL, Gordon began communicating with HHS Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine shortly after she resigned from Texas Children’s Hospital. Levine, a vocal advocate for transitioning minors, played a significant role in Gordon’s appointment to her current position at NICHD, which occurred approximately a month after their initial communications. (Related: Biden health official pressured transgender health organization to remove age limit for trans surgeries.)

AFL also revealed that Gordon’s official biography on the NIH website omits her tenure at Texas Children’s Hospital. Instead, it highlights her “training in both adolescent medicine and pediatric endocrinology with research experience in adolescent bone health, including identifying modifiable factors during adolescence that influence bone density and other aspects of health during the adult years.”

Her emphasis on bone development is notable, given her October 2021 article advocating for puberty blockers for children as “lifesaving” interventions, despite acknowledging the need for more research on this controversial process. She consistently argued that the potential negative effects of puberty blockers on bone density must be weighed against claims that lack of access to such treatments could lead to higher suicide rates among transgender children.

AFL adviser condemns Gordon and her role in the Biden administration

Ian Prior, a senior adviser at AFL, condemned Gordon’s role in the Biden administration.

“While the rest of the world is pulling back on the inhumane practice of child experimentation, the Biden administration is plowing full steam ahead, and the Department of Health and Human Services is leading the way,” said Prior.

“Whether it’s putting transgender-activist doctors in high-ranking positions in the National Institute of Health or prosecuting doctors who blow the whistle on these barbaric medical treatments, the Biden administration is weaponizing the federal government to destroy any dissent or challenge to child mutilation and sterilization,” he added. “America First Legal is committed to ending these practices and ensuring that history remembers those who perpetrated these crimes against humanity.”

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