“Are children competent to make “a lifelong decision with implications every single day for the rest of your life,” or not? If they are, what decisions are they NOT competent to make?”
Apparent the decision to take an aspirin or a midol is too much for our kids...but not the decision to abort a baby, that’s just fine (per the Left, of course).
Or the decision to “change” sex.
Regarding the medical establishment’s opinions, in both cases, follow the money.