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Susan wrote in news:udi4db$4kud$4@dont-email.me:
> Levine is a disgusting pervert who should be in a mental prison.
WASHINGTON (TND) — U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine is
again insisting there's a consensus among medical professionals that
"gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective."
"Accredited medical professional groups agree that gender-affirming care
is medically necessary, safe, and effective for trans and non-binary
youth," Levine tweeted in response to an interview between former late
night host Jon Stewart and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.
Stewart, during the interview, challenged Rutledge over her state
"overriding" this supposed consensus via its recently passed law
restricting minors' ability to obtain "gender-affirming care."
"Gender-affirming care" commonly includes cross-sex hormones, puberty
blockers, and gender reassignment surgeries.
Why would the state of Arkansas step in to override parents, physicians,
psychiatrists, endocrinologists, who have developed guidelines -- why
would you override those guidelines?" Stewart asked Rutledge during the
interview.
The Arkansas Attorney General argued that for every single doctor
supporting minors' access to "gender-affirming care" there are others who
do not support it and believe the procedures have the potential to cause
harmful and frequently irreversible effects that only someone over the age
of 18 should be able to consent to.
But you know that's not true. You know it's not for every one, it's one,"
Stewart shot back, contesting Rutledge's claim that for every doctor
supporting minors' access to "gender-affirming care" there is a doctor who
opposes it. "You're suggesting that protecting children means overriding
the recommendations of the American Medical Association, the American
Association of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society."
Levine, like Stewart, has also insisted that "There is no argument among
medical professionals" that minors' access to "gender-affirming care" is
important and valuable.
Every major medical association agrees: gender-affirming care is life-
saving, medically necessary, age-appropriate and a critical tool for
health care providers," Levine said earlier this year. She has even gone
so far as to say that attempts to restrict this care among minors is
"costing the lives of young people."
Levine has also argued there is a lack of data contradicting her belief
that access to "gender-affirming care" is lifesaving and medically
necessary, just as Stewart himself argued.
There are a few studies. I've looked at them. A lot of them say that we
need more research. We agree," Levine said of research cited by the
Florida Department of Health. "When you look at the forthcoming World
Professional Association for Transgender Health standards of care and you
see the hundreds and hundreds of articles, you will be able to see the
difference between the research base for the standards of care and the few
studies cited by Florida."
However, critics of Levine and Stewart's point of view on access to
"gender-affirming care" for minors have argued its supposed supporting
data is weak.
Jeremy Redfern, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health,
argued Levine's claim that "every major medical association" agrees
"gender-affirming care" saves kid's lives "isn't data," but rather is "an
appeal to authority that is in stark contrast to the best available
evidence."
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/rachel-levine-jon-
stewart-rutledge-arkansas-insist-gender-affirming-care-minors-safe-
medically-necessary-children-kids-trans-trangender-surgery-horomone-
blockers
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