One of the primary points of medical ethics, one that has been in place since Hippocrates, is Primum non nocere - Latin for "first, do no harm." It's a staggeringly obvious piece of medical ethical thought; the purpose of medicine is to succor, not to afflict, and yet, medicine has been abused through the centuries to do precisely that.
There's a strong argument to be made, from the standpoint of medical ethics, that the various "gender-affirming" treatments and surgeries violate primum non nocere. They alter, chemically, physically, or both, healthy tissue; they are purely unnecessary, debilitating, are rife with the risk of long-term damage, and they are irreversible. Worst of all, it seems that all too often people seeking therapy for what they claim is gender dysphoria are railroaded into these treatments by activists posing as therapists.
That's what happened to Camille Kiefel, who was pushed into "top surgery" - a double mastectomy - and who regretted it less than two years later, when she decided to "detransition." Now, she has won a substantial settlement from the very Oregon mental health providers that pushed her into the surgery.
Approved for surgery after just two Zoom calls.
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A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after identifying as nonbinary has reached a reported multi-million dollar confidential settlement agreement after suing the Oregon mental health providers who approved her for surgery.… pic.twitter.com/GaB9QfvF1w
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Approved for surgery after just two Zoom calls.
A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after identifying as nonbinary has reached a reported multi-million dollar confidential settlement agreement after suing the Oregon mental health providers who approved her for surgery.
Camille Kiefel says therapists cleared her for the procedure in brief telehealth sessions despite a history of trauma, depression, suicidal ideation, and ADHD.
Less than two years later, she detransitioned and says the surgery left her with lasting physical and emotional complications.
“I didn’t want what happened to me to happen to other vulnerable girls and women,” Kiefel tells Fox News Digital.
Approved for an irreversible, life-altering, disfiguring surgery after two Zoom calls. Now Camille will never know the joy of breast-feeding a child, because she was, arguably, railroaded by activists posing as therapists.
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A Fox Digital story has more details:
A woman who had her breasts removed after identifying as "nonbinary" has reached a confidential settlement after suing her mental health providers.
Camille Kiefel, 36, filed a malpractice lawsuit against two Oregon therapists whom she alleges inappropriately approved her for the surgery after brief telemedicine sessions, despite her history of mental health diagnoses that included trauma, depression, suicidal ideation and ADHD.
Kiefel underwent a double mastectomy in August 2020, based on two referral letters for surgery from Amy Ruff, a licensed clinical social worker, and Mara Burmeister, a licensed professional counselor. The complaint, filed in 2022, also names their respective employers, Brave Space, and the Quest Center for Integrative Health. She reportedly sought $3.5 million in the complaint.
It gets worse.
The complaint alleged Kiefel was approved for surgery after two Zoom sessions, each lasting approximately an hour or less. However, she says the surgery did not solve her gender distress and she detransitioned less than two years later. She said the surgery left her with lasting physical health complications and emotional and psychological harms. Her complaint brings claims of professional malpractice, intentional infliction of emotional distress and fraud.
So, not only two Zoom sessions, but two Zoom sessions lasting less than an hour each. On this basis, Camille was rushed into having her body mutilated without cause, without adequate counseling, and very likely without the presentation of any alternatives. This is a gross violation of medical ethics.
This is what Camille has to say about her life now:
"It's difficult because now I'm the most mentally healthy and most mentally stable I've been in my entire life, but I now no longer have my breasts," she continued. "And it is difficult because there's like little reminders like, I'll be looking in a mirror after taking a shower and those ugly scars are still there. Dresses don't fit me the same way ... I'd like to have kids, but I would never be able to nurse them, and I'll never have that connection with them, and then they won't get the benefits of breast milk. So it's been difficult."
In recent months, we've seen this issue hit something of a tipping point. The main run of the American people doesn't want drag queens wagging their crotches in the face of their kids, they don't want their kids' teachers to be pasting pride flags up on the wall of their classrooms and talking to 1st graders about "coming out," and they sure don't want their sons and daughters surgically mutilated and chemically sterilized. Cases like Camille Kiefel's are a sign of this, and it's a safe bet we will be seeing more; but the root cause still remains; with a settlement, this Oregon clinic where Camille sought counseling has taken a financial hit, but there's no mention of any of the so-called therapists losing their licenses to practice over this, which can only be described as an act of gross malpractice. That will have to be addressed if we are to have no more tragedies like the one that befell Camille.
You can view the settlement here.
