A child who underwent gender changing surgery is currently taking legal action against the medical professionals responsible who pushed her into a psychological ordeal.

Kayla Lovdahl, claims that the doctors spent a mere 75 minutes assessing her before granting approval for a gender changing procedure at the age of 12. Last week, Lovdahl filed a lawsuit in the San Joaquin County Superior Court in California, accusing multiple medical professionals in the Bay Area of expediting her treatment without adequately considering crucial factors, including her mental health issues.

The lawsuit has been filed against doctors Lisa Kristine Taylor, Winnie Mao Yiu Tong, Susanne Watson, and Myrna Escalante, who stand accused of administering puberty blockers, testosterone, and conducting a mastectomy on Lovdahl within a few months of their initial meeting. The lawsuit alleges that instead of informing Lovdahl about the irreversible nature of the treatments or recommending psychotherapy as a preliminary step, the doctors incorrectly identified Lovdahl as transgender.

Additionally, the lawsuit names the hospital responsible for performing the mastectomy and the healthcare provider overseeing the entire six-month process. According to the lawsuit, the focal point of this case is a group of physicians who opted to perform a detrimental and experimental procedure resembling a sex change on a twelve-year-old girl who was vulnerable and dealing with intricate mental health challenges.

The lawsuit provides additional information about Lovdahl, who chooses to be recognized as Laya Jane, and elaborates on her decision to detransition at the age of 17 in 2022. She expresses remorse for both her personal choices and the medical decisions made by her doctors.

Presently, Lovdahl is undergoing psychotherapy sessions to reverse the psychological damage caused by the procedure.

Lovdahl and her legal representatives contend that the initial diagnosis was made prematurely, which led the vulnerable child to develop an "erroneous belief" that she was transgender.

As per the lawsuit, Dr. Watson, a clinical psychologist and the clinical director of the Transgender Clinic at Oakland Medical Center under Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, determined that she herself was transgender after conducting a single 75-minute assessment.

During the evaluation, it is alleged that Dr. Watson did not disclose the potential long-term health risks associated with the administration of "off-label puberty blockers and high doses of potent male hormone drugs" to Lovdahl.

Dr. Taylor, an endocrinologist, and Dr. Tong, a plastic surgeon, both employed within the Oakland-based hospital system, agreed with Dr. Watson's assessment and prescribed puberty blockers and testosterone to Lovdahl when she was 12 years old. A few months later, Lovdahl underwent a double mastectomy, which resulted in her permanent inability to breastfeed.

According to the lawsuit, the three doctors "immediately and negligently affirmed [Lovdahl's] self-diagnosed transgenderism without sufficient psychological evaluation" and "failed to inform [Lovdahl] of the significantly increased risk of suicide" associated with such treatments.

Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that after consulting with Dr. Taylor, the three individuals "coerced" Lovdahl and her parents into pursuing the proposed treatment plan.

According to allegations, they reportedly employed strategies such as cautioning the family that "having a living son is preferable to having a deceased daughter," utilizing the potential suicide risk as a means to convince them to proceed with Lovdahl's transition.

The lawsuit strongly condemned Kaiser Permanente for permitting the performance of such invasive surgery at a young age.

"The lawsuit states that there is no other field of medicine where physicians would surgically remove a completely healthy body part and intentionally induce a malfunctioning state of the pituitary gland solely based on the desires of a young adolescent patient," as asserted in the lawsuit.

After detransitioning, Lovdahl shared that she began undergoing psychotherapy to address her mental well-being, emphasizing that this was the care she should have been receiving from the start.

According to Lovdahl, "The majority of individuals who identified as the opposite gender during their adolescence and received medical treatment at a young age run the risk of later regretting their decision once they become aware of the losses they have experienced."

She expressed that the transition process resulted in enduring "profound physical and emotional scars and intense remorse."

Moreover, Lovdahl alleges that the hospital and doctors failed to provide her and her parents with sufficient "informed consent," which should have included the option of psychotherapy sessions—an opportunity she claims was never presented to her.

In a statement released by her legal representatives, they described the procedures as "an outrageous form of child abuse."

Attorney Charles Limandri stated, "We believe that cases like this are the most effective means to put an end to such practices, particularly in progressive states like California, where reckless ideologues are promoting this extreme agenda."