Medical Mutilation Exposed: Jury Verdict Reveals Ideological Corruption in “Gender-Affirming” Butchery
EWTN News reports (February 3, 2026) on a New York jury awarding $2 million to Fox Varian, a woman who underwent double mastectomy at age 16 for alleged “gender dysphoria” before detransitioning. The verdict found psychologist Kenneth Einhorn and surgeon Simon Chin liable for inadequate mental health evaluation prior to this irreversible mutilation. The case exposes systemic failures in so-called “gender-affirming care,” with plaintiff attorneys claiming providers “departed from accepted medical standards” while carefully avoiding condemnation of transgender ideology itself. Dr. Alfonso Oliva, a Catholic Medical Association board member, cited studies revealing 70% complication rates for genital surgeries and a 19-fold suicide risk increase post-operation, condemning medical coercion of parents with false suicide threats.