Top Plastic Surgeon Won't Commit to Opposing Bans of Gender-Transition Treatment For Minors, Plus He Decries WPATH For Lack of Transparency

American Society of Plastic Surgeons president Steven Williams evoked Tuskegee when asserting that gender doctors can't always be trusted to self-regulate. He said state regulation might be warranted.

Dr. Steven Williams, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

The president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has declined to assert that the organization’s recent public statements regarding pediatric gender medicine categorically signaled its opposition to bans of gender-transition treatment for minors. The top plastic surgeon also left the door open for supporting a nationwide ban—but not criminalization—of providing such medical interventions to those under age 18, should future research findings indicate that such legislation were warranted.

“Currently, ASPS doesn’t think that gender-affirming care for adolescents is appropriate.” —Dr. Steven Williams, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

These reflections from Dublin, California, plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Williams came during his frank yet congenial hour-long Instagram Live conversation on Thursday evening with gender-affirming surgeon Dr. Blair Peters. Both doctors called for greater care …