An undercover investigation conducted with Chloe Cole. released by Live Action provided to Fox News Digital shares calls with Planned Parenthood employees in multiple states about detransition care, fertility concerns and recovery options.
FIRST ON FOX:Detransitioner Chloe Cole says Planned Parenthood clinics across multiple states had few answers when she sought help reversing the effects of a gender transition. according to a new undercover investigation obtained by Fox News Digital.
The investigation, conducted by pro-life advocacy group Live Action in partnership with Cole, involved calls to Planned Parenthood locations in Idaho, Alaska, New York. Washington, D.C., among other jurisdictions. In the calls, Cole posed as a patient seeking information about detransitioning after previously undergoing a gender transition.
Across multiple conversations reviewed by Fox News Digital, employees described services available for patients seeking gender-affirming care. did not identify detransition-specific programs, treatment pathways or clinical resources when asked about options for individuals seeking to reverse course after transition-related medical treatment.
In one call reviewed by Fox News Digital. Cole asked whether Planned Parenthood offered services for patients attempting to stop or reverse a transition.
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Chloe Cole says an undercover investigation found Planned Parenthood clinics offered few answers. no clear services when she sought help detransitioning.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
"We only havegender-affirming care services, like for hormones, but not to detransition," a Planned Parenthood employee told Cole.
When Cole asked whether the organization offered help addressing fertility concerns or other effects associated with prior transition-related treatment. the employee responded: "As in right now, it's a no, I don't think we do that type of healthcare."
The calls form the basis of a new campaign by Live Action urging lawmakers to continue restrictions on federal funding for Planned Parenthood. which the organization says has expanded its transgender-related healthcare services in recent years.
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A title sign sits outside a Planned Parenthood branch in Pasadena, Calif., on May 16, 2023.(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
For Cole, the issue is personal.
"My name is Chloe Cole. When I was 12 years old. I began the process of trying to change my gender from female to male," she says in the investigation video.
"At age 15, I even had both of my breasts surgically removed. But I realized that what I was doing was actually harming my body. So at age 16, Ibegan to detransition."
Cole said she launched the investigation. she wanted to know what resources existed for patients seeking help after regretting a transition.
"I know firsthand thepain of being pushed downthe path of transition," Cole told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"In this investigation with Live Action. I wanted to see what Planned Parenthood would do when someone came back asking for help to detransition."
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"What I found was horrifying: Planned Parenthood was ready to help people start transitioning, but had no real answers, no meaningful support,. no services to help them reverse course," she said.
During the calls, Cole raised concerns about fertility, the effects of cross-sex hormones, breast reconstruction. other questions related to detransitioning. According to the investigation. employees referred her to outside providers, said they were unfamiliar with detransition-related care or stated they were not aware of such services being offered through Planned Parenthood.
In one exchange, Cole told a Planned Parenthood employee, "I had surgery, I've been on the drugs,. I need help recovering the things I've lost," while asking what resources might be available to patients seeking to detransition.
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The employee replied that Planned Parenthood could schedule an appointment with a provider. added, "I don't think we do that type of healthcare."
At another point during the call. a staff member said Planned Parenthood facilities typically see patients who are "getting started on gender-affirming care."
The findings follow a separate undercover investigation reported by Fox News Digital in May. found some Planned Parenthood locations saidminors as young as 16could obtain cross-sex hormones through the organization's informed-consent model with limited requirements for therapy or mental-health evaluations.
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At the time. Live Action released recordings from calls to Planned Parenthood facilities in multiple states in which employees allegedly said cross-sex hormones could be prescribed at an initial appointment.
The new investigation focuses instead on what support is available for individuals seeking to discontinue treatment or detransition.
Live Action founder and president Lila Rose said the calls revealed what she described as a one-sided system.
"Live Action's undercover investigation with detransitionerChloe Cole exposed Planned Parenthood'sone-way body destruction pipeline," Rose said in a statement.
"Planned Parenthood is willing to prescribe cross-sex hormones. push vulnerable people further into dangerous so-called 'gender-affirming care,' but when someone comes back seeking help to detransition, Planned Parenthood has no answers, no support andno services to help reversethe damage."
Planned Parenthood's websitestates that many of its health centers provide gender-affirming care. lists services including hormone therapy, puberty blockers, surgery referrals and "transition support (social, legal)." The website does not specifically reference detransition-related services on its gender-affirming care page. Not all Planned Parenthood health centers offer the same services, according to the organization.
The organization is using the investigation as part of a broader effort urging Congress. the Trump administration to continuerestricting federal funding for Planned Parenthoodafter current limitations expire.
According to Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report, the organization received hundreds of millions of dollars in government reimbursements. grants while continuing to provide reproductive healthcare and other medical services nationwide.
Fox News Digital asked Planned Parenthood whether any of its health centers provide detransition-related services, referrals, counseling or medical support to patients seeking to discontinue or reverse prior gender-related medical treatment,. whether it disputes any findings contained in the investigation.
Planned Parenthood did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this reporting.
Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.
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