chloe cole joins me now along with her attorney, dylan.s your message top parents out there who may have been told their son or daughter has gender dysphoria? >> thank you, laura for having me. p>> unfortunately, you haveo against the advice of your doctor right now and keep them away from this ideology and keeping them away from this experimentation and also letting them know that you love them and staying involved in their life aes much as you can. >> the care decision always rests with the patient and their parents. in every case, we respect their patients and their family informed decisions of their personal health. is that really the case? >> well, that's the lie, laura. informed is the trick word there. it is impossible to any patient who goes to get care at kaiser because kaiser is not telling the whole story. like chloe, they are pushing surgeries on children at younger age. it is big business. they're signing up children for a lifetime of medical care and treatment and a lifetime of regret for most of them as you just mentioned fr

chloe cole was joined by one of her lawyers in oakland this afternoon. she says this is the same hospital where she underwent transgender surgery when she was just 13 years old. in a complaint, her lawyers claim a team of doctors at kaiser misled the family about medical options and performed what they described as a mutilating sex changing experiment. they believe the hospital should have been focused on treating her mental health. the parents are now supporting her decision to sue the hospital. she explained today why she opposes transitioning of any kind for minors. >> i don't think it is ever appropriate for children to undergo these treatments because you're directly interfering with their cognitive, emotional, physical and sexual development. >> kaiser is responding to this lawsuit. in an e-mail to nbc bay area, kaiser says its gender affirming care meets all medical standards and use a team of doctors and medical professionals to provide information, counseling and other support to families who ultimately have to make the final decision. >>> all r

and chloe cole has been advocating and this, advocating for protecting children. 15 when she started taking puberty blockers. a year later, she regretted it and now she doesn't know if she will have children. she has to wear bandages because her body is rejecting the skin grafts, this should be illegal in america, illegal for surgeons to mutilate a child's body. should be illegal for doctors to give puberty blockers that could sterilize a young person. we don't allow children or minors to vote or drink alcohol and get tattoos but we're allowing them to do this. we have an obligation to protect children, to step up and make this illegal in america. >> martha: at the very least, you expect there's a lot of levels of evaluation before this could ever happen to a young person who may change their mind. the piece is called "i thought i was saving trans kids and now i'm blowing the whistle." she says frequently our patients declared that they had disorders that no one believed that they had. the doctors privately wreck cog nice these false diagnoses. the clusters of gir

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at the center of the lawsuit is 18 year old chloe cole, who has been outspoken nationally about her experiencesender or gender dysmorphia. she started puberty, blockers and hormone therapy at the age of 13 and had a double mastectomy at the age of 15, but decided to de transition when she was 17. kaiser has not yet commented on this lawsuit. we are getting our first look at the state of the race to replace california senator dianne feinstein, which has many people have not made up their minds, with the election still far away. a new poll from uc berkeley in the l a times shows about 40% of people still undecided who they'll vote for next year's primary, but among people who had decided southern california representatives adam schiff and katie porter had a strong lead over the only other declared candidate, oakland congresswoman barbara lee, the polar the question democrats and nonpartisan voters because no republican has yet to enter the race. san jose's former mayor, sam liccardo, is considering running for congress. ricardo confirmed to the mercury news. he is eyeing the seats of representati