Seattle Public Schools offers free gender-reassignments for middle and high school students through clinics

Two health centers in Seattle Public Schools with ties to the political Black Panther Party are offering free gender-reassignment medications to children as young as 11.

The Meany Health Center located at Meany Middle School offers “medical and behavioral health services” to middle and high school students at no cost, according to the school’s website.

Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for Parents Defending Education, decried the school’s services as terrifying.

“It’s bad enough that medical professionals are prescribing cross-sex hormones and cutting off breasts and genitals of minors,” Sanzi said. “It is a whole new level of awful and terrifying for schools to be involved.”

The center even promises to cover costs for the uninsured through a property tax.  

“We bill appropriate services to your insurance if you have it,” the website reads. “There are never any co-pays or co-insurance to worry about. If you don’t have insurance, we help at no cost to you. … We are partially funded through the Family and Education Levy, therefore we make up the difference through insurance reimbursement.” 

The Family and Education Levy, approved in November 2018, is the city’s largest property-tax for education, according to The Seattle Times.  

The school clinic was opened in 2019 and is run by the Country Doctor Community Health Centers (CDCHC), a local nonprofit co-founded in 1988 by the Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center and the Country Doctor Community Clinic.  

The Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center was founded by the Seattle Panther Party in 1970.  

CDCHC’s services include estrogen, testosterone, injection teaching, and referrals for gender-affirming surgeries and procedures. 

CDCHC also runs the Nova Wellness Center located in Nova High School, where the same free services are offered to students as young as 14, according to Fox News.  

It’s not clearly stated if parental consent is required for “gender reaffirming care” at either health center. Previously, the school district instructed staff members not to disclose a student’s transgender or gender X status unless legally required, KOMO News reported.