Let’s get started, gang. The influential American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) claims that “withholding [gender-affirming care] is harmful to children and amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse.”
However, various studies also have found the exact opposite to be true, including that so-called “transition surgery” performed on children has not only failed to demonstrate convincing improvements in mental health but also that there are treatment-associated harms, as well.
Which is it? Let’s look at what the doctors say, then you can decide what you think.
The AAP made the claim in a consensus statement published in late December 2023, in response to a wave of age restrictions on puberty-blocking drugs and surgeries for children in Republican-majority states. While the AAP’s views aren’t medically binding, “the panel is made up of 70,000 of the country’s top…
