No, she means patient-centered. Honestly, we don’t intervene to make the parents feel better. We really are here to take care of the children and we feel extremely passionate about it
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CARES started a hashtag called
#parentalrights. Did you see it? Or this attached flyer, where they make it pretty clear that the parent's right to assign a gender to their CAH kids via surgery is in jeopardy? Who else would it be about, since the kids are obviously not consulted?pic.twitter.com/4pjtUxz9rD
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Sorry but -- surgery does not assign gender. Gender identity comes from the individual. And while doctors have no influence on gender. gender affirming care is known to be vital to mental health as learned from the transgender community.
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Replying to @CourtneyKRoweMD @erlohman and
So yes, I respect parents who are advocating to preserve choices and options for their children who are intersex just as I respect parents who are advocating to preserve choices and options for their children who are transgender.
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Replying to @CourtneyKRoweMD @CourtneyKRowe and
They aren't advocating to preserve choices for their child, they are preserving their own right to make choices FOR their child. Hence the Parent's Rights garbage spewing from CARES. Rosie has her options preserved since she can still choose no surgery. Can they all say that?
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As a parent, you also made a choice for your child -- choosing surgery and choosing no surgery are both choices. I am sure you did it with thought, care, consideration, research and a great deal of love. Other parents are asking for the opportunity to do the same.
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Replying to @CourtneyKRoweMD @CourtneyKRowe and
I didn't make a choice, there was no choice to make. Rosie had no medically necessary reason to have a surgery, so we simply didn't have one. That's not a "choice". My non-CAH son Silas also didn't have genital surgery, but I wouldn't call that a choice.
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Sure it’s a choice! Let’s say you were choosing no circumcision for example. That means you’re choosing higher risk of UTI, higher HIV and HPV transmission, higher penile Ca risk. A very reasonable compromise for some families. But still a choice you make on behalf of your child.
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Replying to @CourtneyKRoweMD @CourtneyKRowe and
Your UTI claim is absurd. What genital surgeries should we do to girls to prevent UTI? Oh wait, that’s illegal.pic.twitter.com/pNQQb249JT
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Replying to @KyleChenIntact @CourtneyKRowe and
This data applies to adult men only. There is a difference in UTI risk for children. Believe it or not, there are some children who need circumcision to stop their UTIs, especially if they have other conditions predisposing to infection
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It amazes me how other countries only very rarely have problems with A NORMAL, Naturally designed penis. Somehow the US is a cesspit of infection? Please. Get out of your cultural bubble. An intact penis is just as healthy as an intact vagina.
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