American Society of Plastic Surgeons Rejects Transgender Surgeries for Minors

Matt Lamb : Aug 19, 2024
LifeSiteNews.com

A major medical association, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, denounced surgeries for gender-confused minors, breaking from the establishment position developed by activist groups.

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The trade group told City Journal's Leor Sapir it "has not endorsed any organization's practice recommendations for the treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria."

"ASPS acknowledged that there is 'considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy for the use of chest and genital surgical interventions' and that 'the existing evidence base is viewed as low quality/low certainty,'" according to Sapir.

He said the society has "11,000 members and [represents] over 90 percent of the field in the US and Canada."

The announcement is the latest rejection of the transgender agenda, which has come under scrutiny for its false, ideological standards.

Additionally, it is a biological truth and a moral fact that no one can change his sex.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), often cited as an authority on surgical and chemical interventions despite being an LGBT pressure group, began claiming that "transitions" were "medically necessary" so insurance companies would pay for them. The Biden administration also lobbied the activist group to omit age minimums for the permanent surgeries.

The revelations came out in court documents concerning challenges to Alabama's restrictions on the procedures, which can leave individuals permanently infertile while also creating numerous health problems, including weakened bone density, inability to breastfeed, and other severe reproductive damage.

The Supreme Court will hear challenges to Tennessee's restrictions on the procedures this upcoming term.

A WPATH doctor acknowledged in 2022 that puberty blockers are not actually reversible. "There's challenges with puberty suppression that we have to acknowledge and that's why it's 'reversible asterisks,'"Dr. Scott Leibowitz said. "One cannot be on puberty suppression endlessly. You get to a place where physiologically we need hormones"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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