Gender-confused youngsters in Florida are set to be protected from ‘sex-change’ surgery, puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones, after the state’s medical boards approved new standards of care.
The Florida Board of Medicine’s members voted to adopt the proposed rule, which will prevent new patients under 18-years-old from undergoing transgender-affirming procedures. The Board of Osteopathic Medicine approved the same measure, but with an exception for children engaged in clinical trials.
When the new standards come into force following the completion of a 21-day public comment period, physicians who contravene the regulations could lose their medical licence.
‘Psychiatric issues’
The Boards drafted the standards after the Florida Department of Health released guidance earlier this year, which stated there was a “lack of conclusive evidence, and the potential for long-term, irreversible effects” following transgender-affirming procedures.
During an earlier public consultation on the standards, 18-year-old detransitioner Chloe Cole spoke of the impact of being given puberty blockers and testosterone at 13, followed by a double mastectomy at 15.
She asked: “Why is a mental health epidemic not being addressed with mental health treatment to get at the root causes for why female adolescents like me want to reject their bodies”, explaining that “I actually developed more psychiatric issues the further I went into transition”.
She added: “I have no breasts. I want to be a mother someday and yet I can never naturally feed my future children”.
Scotland
In Scotland, more than 150 amendments have been tabled to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which extends ‘sex swaps’ to 16-year-olds, whilst also removing the need for medical evidence and reducing the two-year waiting period to three months.
It has been suggested that the Bill could be ‘watered down’ with reports that the Government is “sympathetic” to SNP MSP Christine Grahame’s amendment to extend the waiting period for 16 and 17-year-olds from three months to six.
The Christian Institute warned that so-called concessions to the gender self-ID Bill reportedly being considered by the Scottish Government “barely scratch the surface” of its problems.
Deputy Director Ciarán Kelly warned: “These Government-backed amendments are being portrayed as ‘concessions’ but in fact are little more than window dressing.”
Tripled
Last month, it was revealed that nearly 18,000 children and teens in America have been given puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones in the last five years.
Data compiled for Reuters shows the number of children seeking medical interventions for their gender dysphoria has grown enormously, tripling since 2017.
The news outlet reported that in their desire to delay puberty, some children are taking ‘off-label’ drugs, which have not been through the relevant clinical trials.
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