Posted on 03/23/2023 10:48:01 AM PDT by John Semmens
This week, President Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla) sparred over the issue of transgender surgery for children. Claiming the moral high ground, the President asserted that "it is sinful to deny a child the right to switch genders. Parents who object are child-abusers. It is the government's moral obligation to step in and protect these children by providing public funding for the drugs and surgery needed to liberate these children from the horrors of being trapped in the wrong type of body."
DeSantis countered by asserting that "it is not 'sinful' to prohibit the mutilation of minors. It is not acceptable for the federal government to be able to mandate that procedures like sex change operations be performed on children without their parents consent. The American College of Pediatricians has identified the side effects of puberty blockers as osteoporosis, mood disorders, seizures, cognitive impairment, and sterility. Potential long-term impacts of cross-sex hormones include an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, blood clots and cancers. It is the notion that individuals too young to fully evaluate the risks will receive superior guidance from LGBTQ activists and government bureaucrats than from their own loving parents that is sinful."
He went on to bolster his case by providing images of mutilated bodies after skin and tissue are removed from girls' forearms to create a fake, flaccid penis that doesn't function and the lifelong scars left after removing girls' healthy breast tissue.
Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said "the President considers the pictures of mutilated bodies to be child pornography and has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a criminal investigation of Mr. DeSantis."
Dr. Susan Bradley, a gender clinic founder and former professor at the University of Toronto, now says that she regrets "helping kids transition to a different gender. Puberty blockers are not reversible and have long term negative effects on kids' growth and development, including making them sterile. Likewise, surgeries usually result in grotesque imitations of the intended new gender. Most gender-confused kids will grow out of their gender dysphoria by the time they are adults. If they don't, that would be the proper time for them to decide whether the extreme measures required are worth it."
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