Post hoc ergo propter hoc is the Latin phrase meaning "after, therefore because of." It is a common assumption that is rarely true. The phrase is akin to the logical fallacy of correlation equals causation. But new events in the fields of law and medicine may be the exception that proves the rule.

As recently reported, detransitioner Fox Varian brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against psychologist Kenneth Einhorn, surgeon Dr. Simon Chin, and their respective employers for removing her breasts at the age of 16, and a jury in White Plains, New York, ruled on Jan. 30 that Einhorn and Chin committed medical malpractice by approving and performing a double mastectomy on the then-16-year-old Fox.

The verdict found both professionals legally responsible for the medically unsound decision to perform the surgery and awarded Varian $2 million in damages, including $1.6 million to compensate for past and future pain and suffering, along with an additional $400,000 for future medical costs.

And, as we also now know, within a week of the jury's decision, two of the most powerful medical associations in the nation, the American Medical Association and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, went on the record to say that insufficient evidence exists to justify recommending so-called gender transition surgeries on minors. Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Probably........

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