A woman who was given puberty-blockers and hormone therapy when she was a young teenager is suing both her doctors and the American Academy of Pediatrics, which her lawyers say has knowingly lied about the impact of the radical sex-change treatments it recommends, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire.

Isabelle Ayala, now a twenty-year-old woman, had just turned fourteen when she was committed to the hospital for suicidal thoughts, according to the lawsuit. It was during this hospital stay that she met with Dr. Jason Rafferty, who during his first brief meeting with Ayala determined that she “meets criteria to consider hormonal transition,” with the only stated obstacle being parental consent. The lawsuit states that Rafferty and other doctors sent Ayala down the “path of ‘gender-affirming’ medicalization” rather than addressing the true roots of her mental health problems — six months into her testosterone treatments, Ayala tried to commit suicide.

The treatments, however, continued, until Ayala moved away from Rhode Island and decided to quit them “cold-turkey.” Now comfortable with her gender, she lives a life of regret, the lawsuit says.

[Unfortunately, the only way this medical and social fad will come to an end will be to bankrupt its practitioners. Once this gets into courtrooms and providers and insurers have to admit to having no research or scientific evidence supporting “gender transitions,” insurers will stop underwriting the practitioners and the resultant losses will serve as a warning to others. But in the meantime, they will do a lot of damage. — Ed]