I think it's more about the children having radical surgery backed by zero scientific research. Couldn't care less what adults want do to themselves.
And it's the same hucksters selling fear to the same religious reactionaries. New day, new apocalyptic scapegoat.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11377391/Age-just...
2. You're kinda proving my point; the Daily Mail is one of the sensationalist tabloids that were flogging the Satanic Panic bullshit back in the day.
Show me the lies in the article instead of attacking the publisher. Bad faith argument.
Children _can_ receive puberty blockers, which _by definition_ are 100% completely reversible. The process to start treatment is universally difficult and involves multiple years of therapy and concurrence of multiple medical providers over time.
Source: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/10/ron-desant...
14 isn't a child anymore? Your left-leaning political fact checking source sucks. Here's some reading for you. Do some real research.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11377391/Age-just...
This is such an absurd statement. You don't "define" how the body works.
As to the real risks, time and again it has been shown that the comparative risks of a) receiving puberty blockers vs b) growing up a gender you do not feel you are, strongly points to puberty blockers being a significant net benefit. Those taking puberty blockers rarely regret it; whereas those growing up a gender they do not identify with mostly regret it are are significantly more prone to abuse, mental health issues and suicide.
The issue here is manipulation of children. If children were fed tons of harmful pain blockers, there would be a "panic", too.
It's because acetaminophen is extremely hepatotoxic at levels not very far above the recommended dosages.
> Hepatic injury and subsequent hepatic failure due to both intentional and non-intentional overdose of acetaminophen (APAP) has affected patients for decades, and [...] remains a global issue; in the United States, in particular, it accounts for more than 50% of overdose-related acute liver failure and approximately 20% of the liver transplant cases.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913076/
I would assert that acetaminophen is far more likely to be dangerous to far more children than puberty blockers and yet I don't see any moral panic over children's Tylenol.
https://chiro.org/pediatrics/ABSTRACTS/Acetaminophen.shtml
Is that enough? And by the way this is a higher rate the abortion pill that was banned.
It just doesn't seem to be about facts at all.
The apparent fact that the people who are pushing for personhood of embryos and rage against people reading a book in drag seem perfectly fine with male genital mutilation really highlights that this isn't about the welfare of the children at all.
As the father of a young son: damn, people are stupid.
(Advertising works on me, too).
Why bother loving your kid for who they are when you can just ask the docker to slice them up before they can consent? Or deny them access to Healthcare based on your own feelings because you really like your kids genitals...
/s