The pediatrician group American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is urging the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to rethink its guidance for transgender-identified children.
The board members of AAP voted to reaffirm their 2018 guidance recommending sex changes for gender dysphoric youth during a meeting in Itasca, Illinois. The group also added a recommendation for further review of their medical guidance, as multiple European countries move to restrict sex changes for children. (RELATED: Kentucky Clinic Admits To Performing Trans Surgeries On Kids Despite Gov. Beshear’s Denials)
“ACPeds is disappointed that the AAP has reaffirmed its support for transgender interventions on minors,” the group said in a press release. “However, we are encouraged that the AAP is open to re-evaluating its position. There is lack of any significant clinical evidence and a lack of long-term positive outcomes for children treated with puberty blocking drugs, sex hormones, and transgender interventions. Additionally, it is a known fact that gender dysphoria resolves in most minors who are allowed to go through puberty.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is calling for a “systemic review” of their guidance on sex changes for kids.
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“We reaffirm our position that these interventions are scientifically unproven and amount to child abuse. The AAP must take into account the mounting scientific evidence against transgender interventions on minors which has led some countries, including the U.K., Finland, and Sweden to pull back their support for such interventions.”
The AAP’s 2018 guidance recommends that youth who identify as transgender be met with a “nonjudgmental approach that helps children feel safe in a society that too often marginalizes or stigmatizes those seen as different.”
Detransitioners are suing the doctors who performed provided them with puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries when they were minors. Meanwhile, states across the nation — including Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma — are cracking down on child sex-change treatments.