Posted on 05/01/2022 11:27:57 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking transgender person in the U.S. government, claimed during a recent interview with NPR that "there is no argument" about "gender-affirming care" among pediatricians and doctors who specialize in adolescents.
According to definitions laid out in a fact sheet from Levine's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in March, "gender-affirming care" includes social affirmation at any age, puberty blockers during puberty and hormone therapy starting during early adolescence. Irreversible surgery is "typically used in adulthood or case-by-case basis in adolescence," according to the agency.
In response to the HHS fact sheet, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo released a different fact sheet refuting the claims of the HHS regarding the treatment of minors with gender dysphoria.
Citing a "lack of conclusive evidence, and the potential for long-term, irreversible effects," the Florida Department of Health advised against social transition, puberty blockers, hormones and surgery as treatment options for children and adolescents.
Levine dismissed the Florida guidance as "based upon political considerations" and "not appropriate."
"We need to stand against that both from a medical and public health point of view," Levine said.
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utter garbage
freaks should be keep far away from children
What gives this obese mentally ill man the right to speak for all pediatricians? Isn’t child psychology his specialty?
This.👍
“ALL” and “NEVER” are two of the largest words in the English language.
How is it a guy like this, who has an obvious mental illness, gets put in charge of anything having to do with health?
He then sliced off his namesake organ and went into the ER for treatment. The motivation was to get a high appointment in the Tom Wold administration.
It worked . . . and he scored a promotion by Resident Xiden.
Effin sickos.
Reminds me of Benny Hill in drag....:)
Yeah. All of them. Every last one.
Sick pig.
“All pediatricians agree on sexual deviant behaviors…sure thing freak.”
If they want to keep their licenses, they do.
This is one of the most striking aspects of the time we live in. I am unaware of any statute, court case, rule issued by a medical licensing authority, or other authoritative statement by a rulemaking body which states, yes, a man can become a woman and a woman can become a man, and you must profess this with your mouth and through your actions, or else we will remove your livelihood permanently.
But that’s where we are. A doctor without a license has a family that won’t eat. And although you won’t (probably) lose your license for cutting off the wrong leg, it is almost certain that you WILL lose your license for deadnaming or misgendering a person, EVEN (or maybe especially) when the mistake is central to the illness or procedure involved.
It’s madness - but it’s really happening.
Does it matter, either way?
Only the arrogance of the left would suggest that what God created is malleable or reversible while, at the same time, admitting that their own damage is not.
A headline to make you laugh until you cry.
Richard Levine and his ilk are mentally ill.
My daughter once claimed she was a dog.
She even proved she was a dog - she spoke dog “Woof, Woof”.
Were we obliged to provide her with species-affirming medical care?
Levine = man in a dress.
Mr. Rachel Levine is such a disgusting old pervert.
This psychopath needs to be hanged.
levine suffers from gender dysphoria
levine should recuse self from this issue
LOCO…LOCO…LOCO as a Shytehouse rat.
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