America is in the midst of a doctor-led panic spurred on by the fear that gender-questioning kids who demand “affirming” medical treatments will kill themselves if not indulged. Wrong Speak Publishing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
If you are having trouble believing that it's really a doctor-led panic, watch this school board member who apparently is also a medical provider try to panic the rest of her board in real time with false information. This is how they do it:
Affirming care is a great business model. Close to 100% medical enrollment with affirming care model and consent as soon as puberty commences. Enrollment drops to 20% if the age of consent is 16, less than 20% if age of consent is 18. What's not to like about this from the perspective of a doctor and hospital management?
However, there is harm to patients. Of course patients aren't informed. They don't get informed consent. Can they truly give informed consent for sex change before they are old enough to give consent to sex? Puberty blockers prevent maturation of the brain, sexual organs, fertility, bones. the lungs, cardiovascular system. The patients will very likely become sterile and unable to enjory sex for the remainder of their existence.
The Obama administration promoted the idea that a woman is a social construct and not a biological entity. This effectively cancels women's rights to have woman's spaces, women's prisons, women's locker rooms, the right to choose a female care giver if possible.
If you are having trouble believing that it's really a doctor-led panic, watch this school board member who apparently is also a medical provider try to panic the rest of her board in real time with false information. This is how they do it:
https://twitter.com/RamonaBessinger/status/1751005197793464718
Affirming care is a great business model. Close to 100% medical enrollment with affirming care model and consent as soon as puberty commences. Enrollment drops to 20% if the age of consent is 16, less than 20% if age of consent is 18. What's not to like about this from the perspective of a doctor and hospital management?
However, there is harm to patients. Of course patients aren't informed. They don't get informed consent. Can they truly give informed consent for sex change before they are old enough to give consent to sex? Puberty blockers prevent maturation of the brain, sexual organs, fertility, bones. the lungs, cardiovascular system. The patients will very likely become sterile and unable to enjory sex for the remainder of their existence.
The Obama administration promoted the idea that a woman is a social construct and not a biological entity. This effectively cancels women's rights to have woman's spaces, women's prisons, women's locker rooms, the right to choose a female care giver if possible.