This article is republished from National Review’s The Corner, with the permission of the author. The first gender “detransitioner” medical-malpractice case to go to trial resulted in a $2 million dollar verdict against the medical professionals. These professionals have approved a double mastectomy for the plaintiff, Fox Varian, in 2019, when she was only 16. From the Epoch Times story: A jury on Jan. 30 found a psychologist and surgeon liable for malpractice after they supported and performed breast removal surgery on a 16-year-old girl who, at the time, identified as transgender. The jury found that in many respects the surgeon and psychologist had skipped important steps when evaluating whether she should go forward with the surgery and had not adequately communicated with each other. These missteps were a “departure from the standard of care,” they decided. Just as in Chloe Cole’s medical malpractice case — which has yet to be litigated — adults feared Fox would commit suicide: Varian’s mother, Claire Deacon, testified that she was against the surgery, but consented out of fear her daughter would commit suicide if she didn’t …