GB News host Bev Turner has hit out at an NHS Trust, after a leaked letter claimed drug-induced milk from transgender women who were born male is "just as good for babies" as women's breast milk.
The Medical Director of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust claimed there is "clear and overwhelming evidence" that "human milk" is the ideal food for infants.
The letter, which was released as part of a report by the think-tank Policy Exchange, has sparked widespread fury from gender campaigners and MPs.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield told the Daily Mail that "babies cannot be used as guinea pigs for someone else's lifestyle choice" warning of the dangers of "untested chemicals in children".
Bev Turner says induced lactation for transgender mothers is 'experimental'
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Lactation expert Chloe Dymond Tucker told GB News there is "little research" to be able to determine "how nutritive milk produced by a transgender woman is for their infant.
She added that the quantity of milk produced by artificial stimulation is "rarely enough" to be able to "nourish the baby properly".
However, Tucker revealed a few case studies have determined it "is nutritious", but admitted it "would be crazy to think" it was "anywhere near as nutritious" as the milk that would be produced from the mother of the baby.
Host Bev Turner reacted to transgender mothers using induced lactation, fuming: "So it's experimental. It's entirely experimental at this time, and we don't have any idea about the long term effects of the on the baby.
"And yet a lot of the literature is preoccupied by how this is good for the trans mother. It's for her mental well-being, which is put above the health needs of the baby."
'induced lactation' involves medication which enables trans women to simulate breastfeeding
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Tucker agreed, explaining: "I think what's really important to consider here is that in fact there are a lot of negative sides for the transgender woman who is taking all these medications.
"Because quite often the side effects of Domperidone medication over a long period of time is that it can cause insomnia, depression, anxiety, nervous system problems.
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"So I think these are facts that really need to be discussed. I think it's incredible that somebody who's not a biological mother can produce a nutritive milk.
"But at the same time, I think there's a lot of risk versus benefit factors and there's not loads of research really to be able to diversify whether it's right."
Bev concluded: "There is very little research on it."
Co-host Andrew Pierce shared his thoughts on the trans debate, arguing: "It's obvious isn't it? A mother is going to produce a natural milk and a bloke, who is a trans woman, won't produce natural milk. It's a no brainer."
Andrew Pierce says the method of feeding babies for trans mothers is 'voodoo science'
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Bev then jibed: "It's pharma-induced male nipple excretion, some might say. There's no long term data as what it is going to do for the babies.
Andrew added: "I'm sorry, but they do not do the trans community any good coming up with this complete gobbledy-goop science. It's voodoo science."
Bev swiped: "And it's also it's the unequivocal unanimous 'we support it, this is great, it's all marvellous, it's as good as breast milk' - can we all just calm down and look at the actual evidence, please?"
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust told GB News in a statement: "We stand by the cited evidence supporting this claim."
