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Originally Posted by Peter1469
It would be nice if the minor was convinced to wait until he/she was a legal adult. At least for the surgery part, which is difficult if not impossible to reverse.
I've tried to do more research but some of the science is so new that there are few peer-reviewed studies out there.
We do hear a lot about the cases that "de-transition," but I from what I've read, they're actually few--percentage wise.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/h...-identity.htmlEight children, or 2.5 percent, had switched back to the gender they were assigned at birth. Seven of them had socially transitioned before the age of 6 and transitioned back before the age of 9. The eighth child, at 11 years old, reverted after starting on puberty-blocking drugs.
That's not as many as I'd previously thought.
I have to wonder if there isn't something in the environment causing this. We know soy can be detrimental and for a couple of decades, it was used as an infant's only source of food, in the form of soy formula. Soy-lac. That had to have done something. And, it's still consumed by many as a food source.
Still, I have to be true to my belief that parents, even if some are dead wrong, should be allowed to raise their children as they see fit. The caveat, of course, is "...if they don't hurt them..."
I don't like allowing the government to intercede in families--in only further destroys the family unit. If Americans--as a majority--are really convinced physical transitioning may be abusive, then I think they can try to require additional professional assessment. But, if they have say, three medical professionals sign off on allowing the child to transition and the child wants to and the parents acquiesce, I think we have to respect that decision. Even if we personally would oppose it for our own children, I think we have to operate on the basis that parents should have priority.
Just my thoughts.
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