Connecticut Centinal
A coalition of 22 Attorneys General and Republican leaders, led by Idaho AG Raul R. Labrador sent a letter to American Academy of Pediatrics (“AAP”) President Benjamin Hoffman and President-Elect Susan Kressly regarding AAP’s compliance with State Consumer Protection Laws.
The letter starts off talking about the power and influence the organization holds over its 67,000 pediatrician members, the medical community at large, the public, and especially parents, and how the AAP has been at the forefront of important advances in the field of pediatrics.
“But when it comes to treating children diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the AAP has abandoned its commitment to sound medical judgement,” the coalition writes. “In 2023, it “reaffirmed” the 2018 AAP policy statement on gender-affirming care. That policy statement endorses treating minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria with puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical interventions. And it tells physicians, the public, and parents and their children that puberty blockers used to treat adolescents with gender dysphoria are ‘reversible’.”
“This statement is misleading and deceptive. It is beyond medical debate that puberty blockers are not fully reversible but instead come with serious long-term consequences,” asserts the coalition in the letter.
The AGs go on, citing a study commissioned by the National Health Service (“NHS”) of England known as the “Cass Report,” which identifies several possible irreversible consequences for children who are given puberty blockers. These drugs may interfere with neurocognitive development, compromise bone density and may negatively affect metabolic health and weight, and block normal pubertal experience and experimentation.
Furthermore, when puberty blocker use is followed by cross-sex hormones, the consequences include infertility and sterility, at least for children who began puberty blockers in early puberty.
“Telling parents and children that puberty blockers are “reversible” at the very least conveys assurance that no permanent harm or change will occur,” writes the coalition. “But that claim cannot be made in the face of the unstudied and “novel” use of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria.”
Then the coalition takes a swing at the pseudo-scientific organization known as WPATH, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, which has been exposed as “unreliable” and “influenced by improper pressures.” . . .
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