I think what will really finally end it will be detrans lawsuits with payouts that mean insurers back away from physicians providing these drugs and surgeries. Once medical malpractice insurance goes away it all collapses.
Still the EO is helpful and better (and simply more) journalistic attention is very helpful too.
Is there no way for an Act of Congress to ban pediatric sex procedures? My hazy understanding of the federal ban on female genital mutilation is that it was ruled unconstitutional, but a later US law at least banned FGM when a connection to interstate commerce could be demonstrated (the cutter or the person being cut crosses state lines, etc.) Is that right and does that mean that federal legislation regarding pediatric sex change could only protect children who cross state lines?
Or can a case be made for a federal ban since benefits from messing with kids' bodies are not established while harms are obvious and huge. I mean, they are literally taking healthy bodies and rendering them dysfunctional, infertile, etc. which is the opposite of what medicine should do. Iatrogenic harm does occur for some other treatments, e.g. cancer treatments, but in those cases a physical ailment s being addressed. Pediatric sex change really is something entirely different from and contrary to medical care: massive physical harm without established benefits. Can a child's right to not be sterilized without medical benefit be asserted as part of our case?
Excellent summary of current situation, but the problem remains: what to do with your child who insists they are trans, demands medical and social transition and threatens suicide if you don't comply? This emotional blackmail ( with collusion by doctors, teachers and the internet influencers) is very powerfrul and at the heart of the dilemma for well-meaning parents who love their kids.
An excellent article, and a good summary of the new current state of affairs. There is some reason for optimism, including here in Canada, but still a very long way to go.
Children can no more "consent" to have their healthy breasts and genitalia removed or take puberty blockers than they can "consent" to have sex with an adult. Similarly, parents and doctors can no more approve such permanent mutilation simply because a minor child desires it than they can approve their participation in pedophilia.Ultimately society will see the truth and ban the practice as we have banned female genital mutilation. Do people support that practice if the parents consent? I truly hope not. It is monstrous to believe otherwise and those who do will ultimately be held to account for their actions. The obscene (now happily fired) bureaucrat Rachel (Richard) Levine among those in the dock.
I think what will really finally end it will be detrans lawsuits with payouts that mean insurers back away from physicians providing these drugs and surgeries. Once medical malpractice insurance goes away it all collapses.
Still the EO is helpful and better (and simply more) journalistic attention is very helpful too.
Is there no way for an Act of Congress to ban pediatric sex procedures? My hazy understanding of the federal ban on female genital mutilation is that it was ruled unconstitutional, but a later US law at least banned FGM when a connection to interstate commerce could be demonstrated (the cutter or the person being cut crosses state lines, etc.) Is that right and does that mean that federal legislation regarding pediatric sex change could only protect children who cross state lines?
Or can a case be made for a federal ban since benefits from messing with kids' bodies are not established while harms are obvious and huge. I mean, they are literally taking healthy bodies and rendering them dysfunctional, infertile, etc. which is the opposite of what medicine should do. Iatrogenic harm does occur for some other treatments, e.g. cancer treatments, but in those cases a physical ailment s being addressed. Pediatric sex change really is something entirely different from and contrary to medical care: massive physical harm without established benefits. Can a child's right to not be sterilized without medical benefit be asserted as part of our case?
Excellent summary of current situation, but the problem remains: what to do with your child who insists they are trans, demands medical and social transition and threatens suicide if you don't comply? This emotional blackmail ( with collusion by doctors, teachers and the internet influencers) is very powerfrul and at the heart of the dilemma for well-meaning parents who love their kids.
An excellent article, and a good summary of the new current state of affairs. There is some reason for optimism, including here in Canada, but still a very long way to go.
Finely argued. Thanks.
Children can no more "consent" to have their healthy breasts and genitalia removed or take puberty blockers than they can "consent" to have sex with an adult. Similarly, parents and doctors can no more approve such permanent mutilation simply because a minor child desires it than they can approve their participation in pedophilia.Ultimately society will see the truth and ban the practice as we have banned female genital mutilation. Do people support that practice if the parents consent? I truly hope not. It is monstrous to believe otherwise and those who do will ultimately be held to account for their actions. The obscene (now happily fired) bureaucrat Rachel (Richard) Levine among those in the dock.
Vey good, level-headed analysis.