Exclusive: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd urges the state's leading pediatric association to update its guidelines for transgender youth to include warnings about the risks of puberty blockers and other hormone treatments. It is further strengthened.
Byrd said the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is “committed to pediatric health care in Iowa and across the country, and we want it to update its policies now.”
“They say puberty blockers are safe for children and that it's reversible, but the science doesn't support that it's irreversible and if you change your mind later Byrd, who joined the letter signed by 20 state attorneys general, said. He told AAP this week:
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd speaks on the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP) (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador sent a letter to AAP on Tuesday, accusing the organization of abandoning its “commitment to sound medical judgment.” Byrd, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, The AGs of South Dakota, Texas, and Utah, the President, the Arizona State Senate, and the Arizona House Speaker signed the letter.
“An end to what can justifiably be described as medical experimentation on children is long overdue.In particular, the vast majority of children first diagnosed with gender dysphoria develop the condition by the time they reach adolescence and adulthood. “This is because the situation is resolved and the person “grows'' from that state,'' the letter states. . “Administering children biologically altering drugs with unknown physiological pathways or endpoints is abuse. It is also inhumane to support such experiments without a confident safety profile. especially when it has been repeatedly proven to be medically unnecessary.”
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AAP is one of the major pediatric groups in the United States (St. Petersburg)
As the process for transgender youth becomes a hot topic in the culture wars, former President Trump has vowed to address the issue by restricting access to the process for minors. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris' position is unclear, but she said she supports repealing the ban on child gender reassignment surgery that the Biden-Harris administration reversed earlier this year.
Biden administration health officials told the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to omit age limits from guidelines for transgender surgeries on adolescents, according to an unsealed document released over the summer. succeeded in applying pressure.
“I think there are clear differences between the candidates,” Byrd said. “And this is just another example of Vice President Harris blindly following the liberal, progressive party line. And here, President Trump has the science, he knows the facts, and here he is. We support the science of
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AAP supports “gender-affirming care.” (Alison Diener/AFP via Getty Images)
Last year, the AAP recommitted to supporting “gender-affirming care” and expanded guidelines for pediatricians to “ensure young people receive the reproductive and gender-affirming care they need and We will make sure you are seen, heard and valued,” AAP said. CEO Mark Del Monte said at the time:
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AAP has released several reports on helping transgender youth reaffirm their preferred gender identity. In January, the AAP released a report titled “Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Care as a Form of Child Abuse: Reframing the Debate,” which found that many bills aimed at restricting transgender treatment for children are He argued that it was leading to the deterioration of
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