A 20-year-old woman is accusing Planned Parenthood of forcing her to transition her gender at age 18, leaving her with lifelong side effects.
Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care and sex education in the United States.
The medical institution has also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults in recent years, offering the service at more than 400 locations. This year alone, at least 40,000 patients went to Planned Parenthood for hormone treatment.
Hineman claims she was given a prescription for testosterone after a 30-minute consultation with a nurse after being ‘brainwashed’ by YouTubers, as reported by The free press.
She says she has lasting effects from testosterone, including hair on the backs of her hands and face, and her clitoris is permanently enlarged and feels “discomfort” all the time.
Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care and sex education
Meanwhile, she says her sexual response has been dulled and her breast has become scarred and “alternatively numb and raw” from the breast surgery.
Hineman says she went to a PP clinic in Hudson, New York, in November 2021, when she turned 18. She was eager to get testosterone after her parents were skeptical 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 professional.” The nurse and Hineman then discussed “expected changes,” such as growing a beard, body hair and a deeper voice.
The two are also said to have discussed that “changes in fertility can be permanent or reversible.”
Just a year after her treatment, after undergoing breast surgery to remove her breasts, Hineman regretted her decision. She no longer believed her gender was the cause of her problems.
PP has also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults in recent years, offering the service at more than 400 locations. PP President Alexis McGill Johnson is pictured
After the brief conversation, the nurse took Hineman’s blood and wrote her a prescription for testosterone gel.
Before the consultation, Hineman said she suffered from several 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 struggles. The YouTubers she followed at the time “convinced her that gender was the problem.”
But just a year into her treatment, after undergoing breast surgery to remove her breasts, Hineman regretted her decision. She no longer felt that her gender was the cause of her problems.
She told TFP: ‘I’ve been brainwashed… A lot of people say adults should be able to do whatever they want.
Meanwhile, she says her sexual response has been dulled and the surgery on her breast has left her scarred and “alternatively numb and raw.”
Hineman now considers himself a detransitioner, the term for those who regret their gender transition and revert to their birth gender.
“But if you have a mental health condition that is clouding your vision, or if you are so misinformed about what gender dysphoria even entails, then you cannot consent to such invasive treatments.”
Hineman now considers himself a detransitioner, the term for people who regret their gender transition and revert to their birth gender.
She is seeking unspecified damages. Her lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, filed in April, is the first against the health care provider.
Hineman joins about a dozen young people who have filed legal claims against institutions like Kaiser Permanente and individual doctors alleging medical malpractice.
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