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America Should Join UK In Banning Chemical Castration For Kids (thefederalist.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ArtemZ to c/conservative

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/94477

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/94475

The decision to halt the universal prescription of life-altering drugs is long overdue considering there was never any evidence that permanently manipulating a child’s body would remedy his or her mental struggles.

In recent years, pharmaceutical companies and bureaucracies began marketing a sterilizing chemical regime as a way to “pause” puberty for the growing number of kids who claim to struggle with gender dysphoria.

On the contrary, the increasing body of evidence shows that pumping kids full of neutering drugs causes irreversible harm, including sexual dysfunction and permanent infertility, a higher risk of cancer and cardiac events, impaired vocal cords, bone density issues, and transition regret.

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[–] S_Roman 16 points 2 years ago (20 children)

America should follow the advice/medical consensus of medical professionals to reduce harm to children. And that advice/consensus includes gender affirming care.

[–] shemmy -5 points 2 years ago (17 children)

If a child is under any psychological distress, permanent physical modifications shouldn't be an option: the distress is psychological, not physical. Psychological distress should be addressed by a psychologist, maybe a psychiatrist, not a surgeon. Personally, I believe that care should include helping the child to be comfortable with themselves in their own body, as that will help not only in the case of the child's current gender dysphoria, but also later on in adult life when reality really hits you.

[–] S_Roman 9 points 2 years ago (10 children)

If a child is under any psychological distress, permanent physical modifications shouldn’t be an option

https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program/eligibility-surgery

It isn't

[–] moon_unit -5 points 1 year ago

Blocking hormones and then replacing hormones isn't physical modification? Or chopping off body parts at 15 yro? In what world is that not physical modification?

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