• hope@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Going through the wrong puberty is also a life long decision with major consequences. Hope that helps!

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      12 days ago

      Ok, and you can trust politicians parents and children to choose the right gender? We have the same choice no matter if we ban or allow this, the only differences is:

      1. Politically motivated people can weigh in.
      2. the amount of people suffering right now is overwhelmingly lower than the people who have the potential to be misgendered and given the wrong drugs.
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        12 days ago

        Holy shit you have absolutely no idea what the fuck you’re talking about, so please shut the fuck up about your uninformed personal opinions.

        Puberty blockers only delay the onset of puberty until you stop taking them, at which point development resumes normally with far less downsides than the risk of developing undesired sex characteristics. So no, this is not “the same choice no matter if we ban or allow this.” The same choice would be starting actual sex hormones; puberty blockers are the middle ground here.

        Banning puberty blockers is politically motivated actors putting their politics above people’s bodily autonomy and medical professionals’ ability to make medically informed decisions.

        You’re flat out wrong that allowing doctors to prescribe puberty blockers would cause risk of greater suffering in such a way as to make it abundantly clear that you don’t know what those meds actually do.

        You are a fucking moron. Username checks out.

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          I also have to wonder if this will make it so that kids who take puberty blockers for other reasons won’t be allowed to get them either.

          Are we going to start seeing six-year-olds with breasts or facial hair?