Woman Blames Social Media Influence for Her Transgender Surgery
gender-affirming care for minors while others have argued against allowing transgender women to compete in female sports categories."When Luka was just 16 years-old, her breasts were surgically amputated as the first step in her 'gender affirming care' with the Defendants.
As more fully described herein, the actions of the Defendants constitute negligence and are violative of Nebraska's Consumer Protection Act," the lawsuit says.In the years following Hein's surgery, she says that she now regrets her decision and the lawsuit further claims that doctors failed to understand the influence social media had on her and her decision-making in 2018 when the surgery took place."Defendants knew or should have known that Luka was in a demographic of girls who were exploring transgender identity based on the influence of social media.
As such, Defendants were negligent in failing to explore and factor in the influence of social media that clouded Luka's decision making," the lawsuit said. "Defendants failed to meet the standard of care by recommending and/or performing irreversible transgender procedures when Luka may have been swept up in a social contagion and/or unduly influenced by social media."According to the Associated Press, a review of 27 studies in 2021 found that among 8,000 teenagers and adults who underwent gender-affirming surgeries, an average of 1 percent said they regretted their decision.The lawsuit further said that in 2017, Hein was experiencing mental health issues and was placed in a "partial care psychiatric program" where she was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and depression."Around this same time, Luka was groomed online and preyed upon by an older man from out of state who enticed her to send him sexually explicit pictures.
When she refused to send more, he threatened her. She became terrified and law enforcement was notified," the lawsuit said. "An upsetting and difficult investigation followed.
