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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do we know the potential long term effects for hormone treatments in adolescence? [/quote]

Do we know the potential long-term effects for infertility medications/treatments? New cancer treatments? New coronavirus vaccines/treatments?

Patients work with the doctors to weigh treatment risks for all sorts of serious medical issues.

Why focus on this particular one? 
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Because these are children. And because doctors are influenced by social pressure.  And doctors have been influenced by social pressure here.[/quote]

You think doctors are going to violate their Hippocratic oath over “social pressure”.

So you know more than the families and their doctors?

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Ven diagram poster here who is primarily concerned with language.

I think both of you on this argument are being obtuse. The answer clearly lies in the middle.

Children should not be allowed to physically alter their bodies without extensive consultation and evaluation. But for the most part that is what happens. This is a fabricated problem. Trans children getting not enough medical counseling and support is a far greater problem then getting too much intervention. There are, assuredly, outliers but overall I think the bar to transition is quite high and involves many steps over years. You do not tell your mom you are trans in January and become a boy/girl by June. It just doesn’t happen that way and it’s disingenuous to say it does. These kids are frequently very depressed and/or confused as they work through this and we should actually trust doctors and parents to work together while certainly shining a spotlight on abuse and malpractice where it happens.

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