...no matter what sex a person imagines themselves to be, they remain either a biological male or a biological female.
[Reprinted with permission from CNS News]
The American College of Pediatricians issued a position statement last
month entitled "Gender Ideology Harms Children," which will be followed
by a peer-reviewed statement on the subject that's expected to be
released by summer, the college told CNSNews.com. (Photo: via Pixabay)
"The American College of Pediatricians urges
educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition
children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical
impersonation of the opposite sex," the statement issued on Feb.
2 stated. "Facts—not ideology—determine reality."
The statement—written by Dr. Michelle A.
Cretella, president of the American College of Pediatricians, Dr.
Quentin Van Meter, vice president of the American College of
Pediatricians and a pediatric endocrinologist, and Dr. Paul McHugh,
university distinguished service professor of psychiatry at Johns
Hopkins Medical School and the former psychiatrist in chief at Johns
Hopkins Hospital—cites eight reasons why "gender ideology" instead of
treatment based on biological facts is harmful to children.
The first point is, "Human sexuality is an
objective biological binary trait: 'XY' and 'XX' are genetic markers of
health—not genetic markers of a disorder," with the purpose of male and
female being "the reproduction and flourishing of our species." It notes
"exceedingly rare exceptions of sexual differentiation," which are
disorders but do not represent a "third sex."
Secondly, "No one is born with a gender.
Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense
of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological
concept; not an objective biological one."
The statement added that self-awareness
develops over time and can be "derailed" by the experiences and
information a child receives from infancy forward. Further, no matter
what sex a person imagines themselves to be, they remain either a
biological male or a biological female.
The third point is that, "A person's belief
that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused
thinking" or the child could suffer from gender dysphoria—"an objective
psychological problem... that lies in the mind not the body, and it
should be treated as such."
Fourth, "Puberty is not a disease and
puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous" by inhibiting growth and
fertility, according to the position statement.
According
to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the
statement says, "as many as 98 percent of gender confused boys and 88
percent of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex
after naturally passing through puberty." (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
The sixth point is that "children who use
puberty blockers to impersonate the opposite sex will require cross-sex
hormones in late adolescence. Cross-sex hormones are associated with
dangerous health risks including but not limited to high blood pressure,
blood clots, stroke and cancer."
The seventh point states, "Rates of suicide
are 20 times greater among adults who use cross-sex hormones and undergo
sex reassignment surgery, even in Sweden which is among the most
LGBQT–affirming countries."
The eighth point calls chemical and surgical
treatment of children based on "gender ideology" child abuse.
"Endorsing gender discordance as normal via public education and legal
policies will confuse children and parents, leading more children to
present to 'gender clinics' where they will be given puberty-blocking
drugs. This, in turn, virtually ensures that they will 'choose' a
lifetime of carcinogenic and otherwise toxic cross-sex hormones, and
likely consider unnecessary surgical mutilation of their healthy body
parts as young adults."
The college, a non-profit organization founded in 2002, states as its mission:
"The Mission of the American College of
Pediatricians is to enable all children to reach their optimal physical
and emotional health and well-being. To this end, we recognize the basic
father-mother family unit, within the context of marriage, to be the
optimal setting for childhood development, but pledge our support to all
children, regardless of their circumstances."
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