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We do it all the time with people who believe they should be amputees.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/body-integrit...

Which is also wrong. People living with BIID are (usually) not irrational. The small percentage that do seek amputation have usually exhausted all treatment options, and find that amputation improves their quality of life.

> People living with BIID are (usually) not irrational.

This statement seems to be incorrect by definition. Do you mean, not otherwise irrational?

We should let them, if they are of sound mind and capable of consenting. Part of that means they are not a minor.

Most developed countries allow minors to make medical decisions from an age or if enough mature.

I agree that you should almost never offer amputations for BIID in minors, since delaying until adulthood would only risk a couple of years of distress and would not cause additional permanent harm.

> We do it all the time

No, we don't. Your linked source literally says that surgeons and providers won't perform these amputations.

I mean we gatekeep major body alterations.

And also no child is getting their arms chopped off because they say they don't want arms.

Puberty blockers aren't amputations; they're reversible medication-based treatments. Amputation can only be opted for after the transgender individual reaches adulthood.

The right-wing sociopathic influencers and politicians you opted to listen to know this perfectly well. They actively chose to lie about it and to stoke rage and fear, lest they lose followers, influence, money, and power.

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