Posted on 11/15/2022 8:42:21 AM PST by george76
Recent studies provide evidence on the effects of puberty blockers on kids, a field where hitherto there has been little to no longterm data or research. And the results are sobering. It turns out trying to tamper with natural biology has bad and sometimes permanent longterm consequences. Who would have thought?
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The cost not only comes in delayed sexual development but in serious effects such as permanently retarded bone growth, infertility, and potential retarded brain development.
“Many physicians in the United States and elsewhere are prescribing blockers to patients at the first stage of puberty — as early as age 8
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transgender surgery will likely be a $5 billion industry by 2030 (from $1.9 billion in 2022), which indicates a high financial incentive
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80%—of “trans” youth later change their minds and wish to return to their biological sex
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One girl .. has permanent damage from her years on puberty blockers said of her time as a “transgender” that, “I wish I hadn’t been steered into transitioning the way I was, and that I had been told there were other ways to cope with the discomfort of puberty.” She needed counseling, not puberty blockers.
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As one mother put it, “I don’t think we have the science behind them to be prescribing these drugs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Using drugs to disrupt natural biological body development has bad, serious health consequences? Who could have predicted such a thing?
This entire industry is evil - cash over medical ethics.
Yup.🙄
There are many comparisons with lobotomies and transgender treatments.
To begin with, both were pushed by relatively few doctors at the beginning, and both were initially championed at Johns Hopkins.
Want to know why Progressives are pushing Transgender Rights?
Follow the money
The fault is not with the puberty blockers. The problem is hereditary. Anyone whose parents allow them to be given puberty blockers comes from parents who have retarded brain development.
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