Malpractice Premiums Are Hobbling Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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[–]xoenix[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It's hard to call a doctor who does this to a kid the one committing malpractice when in most cases

How many people work in this field who don't want to perform the surgeries?

[–]LyingSpirit472 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whether or not the doctor wants to perform the surgery- many, many more of these kids having it done flat-out say "if you don't give me the surgery I'll kill myself!"...and no matter how much the doctor wants to perform the surgery, the SECOND the kid plays that card they threatened to harm themselves if the doctor didn't agree to do it, and thus the doctor performed it under duress legally.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think it's been cleaned up and hidden by now, but a lot of the Reddit tranny conversion subs had advice on doctor shopping, how to find someone who'd give you what you wanted--whether that was hormones or more--to troon out. And how to bullshit past any of the mental checks that were in place as well.

[–]JulienMayfair 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And, don't forget our namesake, Tumblr.