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>I'm OK with a state deciding it either way, but I'm looking for a little consistency.

If that's your true intent, what specific problem do you have with this surgery? If it's not with this specific surgery, what other types of surgery do you think we should ban for minors "for a little consistency"?

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You can always divorce someone or otherwise dissolve the marriage.

It's hard to reattach body parts once they've been removed.

One is permanently life-altering, while the other amounts to paperwork.

Did you respond to the right comment? Because this isn't relevant to what I said. I wasn't being rhetorical. I was asking specifically where people think the line should be. Which surgeries should be allowed for minors and which shouldn't? Should we permit cheiloplasty? How about rhinoplasty?

I was responding to someone "looking for a little consistency", so I'm asking some questions in that same spirit.

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