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   A California woman is suing the hospital that removed her breasts when she   
   was 13, claiming her doctors pushed her into the procedure under the   
   'erroneous belief' she was transgender.   
      
   Kayla Lovdahl, now 18, says she underwent the invasive surgery after being   
   urged to 'entertain' the plans by medical professionals when she was just   
   11-years-old.   
      
   According to a lawsuit filed by Lovdahl against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals   
   and four doctors, it is claimed they 'handed Kayla the prescription pad,   
   and allowed her naïve, emotional, childish, rollercoaster of feelings to   
   dictate the so-called 'treatment' that she would receive.'   
      
   The legal challenge comes amid a growing chorus of 'de-transitioning'   
   youths, many of whom claim they were subjected to death threats and   
   intimidation after turning their backs on the 'cult-like' transgender   
   community.   
      
   After years of battling mental health issues, Lovdahl claims she was   
   'exposed to online transgender influencers' who prompted her to   
   'erroneously' believe she was transgender when she was 11.   
      
   With her parents unsure how best to support her, the tween sought medical   
   help, rapidly sending her down a path of risky treatments.   
      
   By the age of 12, she was on puberty blockers and testosterone despite   
   never receiving a proper psychological evaluation, per the lawsuit.   
      
   Amid concerns over the potential surgeries, it is alleged that Lovdahl's   
   physicians told her parents: 'It is better to have a live son than a dead   
   daughter'.   
      
   Her entire transition evaluation lasted just 75-minutes, she claims, as   
   Lovdahl alleges the process that led her to surgery is 'ideological and   
   profit-driven medical abuse'.   
      
   Within six months, Lovdahl underwent a double mastectomy, a decision she   
   now regrets after detransitioning a year ago.   
      
   Her lawsuit condemned the system that allowed her to undergo the invasive   
   surgery at such a young age, saying: 'There is no other area of medicine   
   where doctors will surgically remove a perfectly healthy body part and   
   intentionally induce a diseased state of the pituitary gland misfunction   
   based simply on the young adolescent patient's wishes.'   
      
   After detransitioning, she says she began regular psychotherapy sessions to   
   help her mental health, 'which is the care she should have been receiving   
   all along', the lawsuit states.   
      
   'The vast majority of cross-gender identified children, if medically   
   treated in early adolescence, risk regretting the decision after they are   
   old enough to realize their losses,' Lovdahl added.   
      
   She said the ordeal left her with 'deep physical and emotional wounds and   
   severe regrets'.   
      
   She also claims the hospital and doctors did not provide her and her   
   parents proper 'informed consent', which would have introduced therapy   
   sessions, something she says was never offered.   
      
   In a statement, her lawyers criticized the procedures as 'an insane form of   
   child abuse'.   
      
   'We believe cases like this are the best way to stop them, especially in   
   liberal states like California, where reckless ideologues are pushing this   
   radical agenda,' said attorney Charles Limandri.   
      
   Kaiser Foundation Hospitals has been contacted by DailyMail.com for   
   comment.   
      
      
      
      
      
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