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[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Activists should be aiming for the message that the life-altering choice should be allowed if the child, parents, and doctor are all certain it's the right call.

But, yeah, sometimes they overshoot. Sometimes their message more closely resembles "trans is virtue, cis is bigotry, and doctors are standing by to help you make your choice."

I do not believe the government should ban gender-affirming care for children. It's government overreach. Politicians shouldn't be practicing medicine. Sure, doctors get it wrong sometimes, but politicians get it wrong way more often.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

if the child, parents, and doctor are all certain it's the right call.

No one can be certain that it is the right call because no one can distinguish the 90% of children who grow out of it from the 10% who don't. What is certain is that there is a 90% chance to be right if you choose to allow normal development and non affirming therapy.

Anyone opting for the 10% chance to be right clearly has an agenda that is not in the interest of the child.

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No one can be certain that it is the right call because no one can distinguish the 90% of children who grow out of it from the 10% who don't.

Of course you can, if you use your own mind instead of relying on your partisan ideology.

If your kid spontaneously says "I'm a girl, not a boy" at age three and consistently believes that for seven straight years, and breaks into tears when people call them a boy, medical intervention is probably warranted.

If your kid comes home and says "My friend Missive is an enby and I think they're so cool and I think I want to be non-binary too and I want to take hormones," you say "How about you just express yourself with fashion until you're eighteen."

I mean, come on. A little critical thinking here.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If your kid spontaneously says "I'm a girl, not a boy" at age three

My kid announced that he's a Tyrannosaurus Rex so now I'm looking for a doctor to cut off his arms and implant a tail.