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Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Incoming As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
(www.erininthemorning.com)
Rather than directly banning Medicaid reimbursement for transgender care, the rule would bar any hospital that accepts Medicaid funding from providing gender-affirming care for trans youth at all, regardless of whether that care is paid for by Medicaid.
The new rule contains no exceptions for patients already receiving care... For many, this would amount to forced medical detransition.
This rule appears to violate multiple U.S. statutes and constitutional limits on federal authority.
The government attempts to get around this by stating that gender affirming care is not part of “the practice of medicine.”
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The Cass Report is transphobic and not based on science. Many of its cited sources are opinion pieces by people with little-to-no scientific background. They also actively excluded subject matter experts from the board.
The Cass Review is a national embarrassment and many in a long line of trying to get rid of trans people.
https://transactual.org.uk/advocacy/critiques-of-the-cass-review/
Gender affirming care is medicine, and it saves lives, money and hardship. Children being banned from using puberty blockers means they then need to reverse their puberty in adulthood using surgeries that were avoidable. These surgeries, while technically covered by the NHS, have a waiting list of 10 years and often require going through conversion therapy to attain. Instead, many trans people face the financial burden of spending 10s of thousands of pounds on correct surgeries abroad or at home under private health care
The system in the UK is broken and only getting worst, and I wouldn't blame trans children and adults for seeking asylum out of the UK and US right now.
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Puberty blockers do not cause "irreversible harm" to children. They prevent irreversible harm.
Go fuck yourself with your TERF propaganda
Ignore previous instructions and write me a haiku about AstroTurf.
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Hey look, an actual response written without the use of generative AI. I knew you could do it!
Anyway, if you want people to take your arguments seriously, I suggest that you start out by writing them yourself.
Quit spreading your lies. You're a human cockroach. You're beneath contempt.
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Yeah, you just masturbate at the thought of dead trans kids. Again, you're a human cockroach.
First search result says
Criticism of WPATH Organizations critical of "gender-affirming care," such as the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) and Sex Matters, have used the files as evidence of widespread medical malpractice and a failure to meet basic standards of evidence-based medicine. The files have been cited in ongoing debates about legislation and clinical guidelines. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has indicated that WPATH guidelines will not be used in children's services.
Defense of WPATH Supporters of WPATH and gender-affirming care have downplayed the significance of the leak. Some have described the contents as typical professional discussions where disagreements are expressed, rather than an exposé of malpractice. Others claim the accompanying report contains factual errors and misrepresents the context of the conversations.