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FIRST ON FOX: A group of attorneys general across the country are demanding that the nation’s leading pediatric organization rescind its support for transgender procedures — such as like puberty blockers and surgeries — on children.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sent a letter Tuesday to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) accusing the organization of abandoning “its commitment to sound medical judgment.”
“That halt on what is fairly described as medical experimentation on children is long overdue—particularly since the majority of children initially diagnosed with gender dysphoria desist and ‘grow out’ of the condition by the time they are adolescents or adults,” the letter reads. “It is abusive to treat a child with biologically altering drugs that have an unknown physiological trajectory and end point. It is also inhumane to endorse such experimentation without a confident safety profile, especially if more times than not, it proves to be medically unnecessary.”
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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 24: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador speaks outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. ((Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
“And yet, the AAP continues to authoritatively declare that puberty blockers are ‘reversible,’ the letter continued. “That claim is scientifically unsupported and contradicts what is medically known. And because that claim raises questions under most state consumer protection laws, it has the undersigned alarmed.”
Last year, the AAP recommitted its pledge to support “gender-affirming care” and expanded its guidelines for pediatricians to “ensure young people get the reproductive and gender-affirming care they need and are seen, heard and valued as they are,” AAP CEO Mark Del Monte said at the time.
AAP has published several reports on reaffirming transgender youth in their preferred gender identities. In January, the…
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