Detransitioner, 20, is suing Planned Parenthood for 'rushing her into transgender hormones and surgery' that she says has distorted her genitals and left her covered with hair READ MORE: Lesbian detransitioner with multiple personality disorder who escaped cult sues medics who prescribed her testosterone By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter For Dailymail.
Com Published: 15:01, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 15:07, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments A 20-year-old woman has accused Planned Parenthood of rushing her into transitioning genders when she was just 18, which has left her with lifelong side effects. Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the nation's biggest single provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care, and sex education. The medical institution has in recent years also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults, offering the service at more than 400 locations.
At least 40,000 patients went to Planned Parenthood for hormone treatment this year alone. Hineman claims she was given a prescription for testosterone following a 30-minute consult with a nurse practitioner after she was 'brainwashed' by YouTubers, as reported by The Free Press. She says she has been left with permanent effects from testosterone, including hair on the backs of her hands and face.
Moreover, her clitoris has been permanently enlarged and constantly feels 'uncomfortable.' Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the nation's biggest single provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care, and sex education Meanwhile she says her sexual response has been dulled, and that top surgery left her chest scarred and 'alternatively numb and raw.' Hineman says she went to a PP clinic in Hudson, New York, in November 2021 as soon as she turned 18 - as she was desperate to obtain testosterone after being faced with her parent's skepticism about her gender dysphoria.
The then-teenager was reportedly instructed to fill out a consent form for 'masculinizing hormone therapy.' According to medical records, a nurse practitioner noted that Hineman had 'consulted with a mental health provider.' The nurse and Hineman then discussed 'expected changes' such as growing a beard and body hair and a deepening voice.
The two also reportedly discussed that 'changes to fertility may be permanent or reversible.' Just a year into her treatment, after having gone through top surgery to remove her breasts, Hineman regretted her decision, no longer thinking her gender was the root of her issues PP has in recent years also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults, offering the service at more than 400 locations. PP President Alexis McGill Johnson is pictured After the brief discussion, the nurse took Hineman's blood and gave her a prescription for testosterone gel.
Before the consult, Hineman says she had been suffering from various mental health issues including self-harm, depression and anxiety. She also has autism. Hineman told TFP that the Covid-19 pandemic and isolation exacerbated her issues - and the YouTubers she followed at the time 'convinced her that gender was the problem.
' But just a year into her treatment, after having gone through top surgery to remove her breasts, Hineman regretted her decision, no longer thinking her gender was the root of her issues. She told TFP: 'I was brainwashed..
. A lot of people say that adults should be able to do whatever they want. Meanwhile she says her sexual response has been dulled, and that top surgery left her chest scarred and 'alternatively numb and raw' Hineman know considers herself a detransitioner , the term for those who have come to regret their gender transition and return to their birth sex 'But if you have mental illness that’s clouding your view, or you’re so misinformed about what gender dysphoria even means, then you cannot consent to such invasive treatments.
' Hineman know considers herself a detransitioner , the term for those who have come to regret their gender transition and return to their birth sex. She is seeking unspecified damages. Her lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, filed in April, is the first against the health care provider.
Hineman joins over a dozen young people who have filed legal claims alleging medical malpractice against institutions such as Kaiser Permanente and individual doctors. DailyMail.com has reached out to Planned Parenthood for comment on this story.
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