Alaska Medical Board Labels Sex-Change Procedures on Minors as ‘Unprofessional Conduct’

September 5, 2025

The Alaska Medical Board has unanimously approved a draft regulation that adds body-mutilating gender surgeries for minors to a list of actions deemed “unprofessional conduct.”

Christianity Daily reports that the proposal specifies prescribing puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones, as well as performing gender transition surgeries such as mastectomy, phalloplasty, or genital modification on children under 18, as examples of “unprofessional conduct.”

The proposal includes exceptions for procedures to treat “congenital sex development disorders or non-elective procedures for physical injury.”

The draft regulation will now undergo review by the Alaska Department of Law and will be open for a 30-day public comment period before taking effect.

Some residents had expressed opposition to the measure during a public meeting on August 22.

According to Christianity Daily, 27 states now have laws prohibiting certain medical procedures on trans-identified minors over concerns about the long-term health impacts on the patients.

During its quarterly meeting, the Alaska Medical Board also issued a statement condemning the state’s allowing of late-term abortions “up until the time of delivery.”

The statement reads, “This is not ethical medical practice and does not embody the values of Alaskans. Many Alaskans and even physicians are unaware of this.”

The Alaska state Supreme Court has recognized a right to abortion in the Alaska Constitution, allowing abortion to remain legal in the state.

Alaska is one of nine states that has “no ban or gestational limit” on abortion, meaning that the procedure can be performed during all nine months of pregnancy.

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