Really? I argued with her supporters for about four days about this. They thought she did & were very earnest about it.
We opposed treatments which have long-term irreversible effects on children too young to make informed decisions.
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Treatments like what? Irreversible how? Too young to make informed decisions is... X years?
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Like surgery and hormones that have lasting effect. 18 probably.
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Do you think the doctors and specialist treatment teams and medical ethicists involved in this haven't thought of that?
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I know they have. They keep disagreeing about it & publishing it.
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Really? Because the publications on this are pretty consistent. I reviewed them in the link above.
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And there is a lot of criticism of the tendency to let children make judgements here where they wouldn't elsewhere. http://www.transgendertrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/J-Adolesc-Health-1-s2.0-S1054139X15001597-main-1.pdf …
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What proportion of mistakes is acceptable? Of all the concerns raised, this is the one with the most dire consequences when it goes wrong.
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There are already dire consequences to trans teens who need treatment and don't receive it. Type I or Type II mistakes - what's acceptable?
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