Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday compared the risks of puberty blockers and sexual mutilation surgeries for minors to the risks of taking aspirin.
Sotomayor made a shocking comparison during oral argument. United States vs. Scumetti, Lawsuit filed by Biden administration against Tennessee law Ban sex change drugs and surgery for minors who believe they are transgender.
“The risk for detransitioners cannot be eliminated, so it becomes a purely benefit-versus-risk weighing. The question of how many minors there are is best left to the legislature. Tennessee Attorney General Matthew Rice argued:
“I’m sorry, Counselor,” Sotomayor interjected. “Every treatment carries risks, even taking aspirin. No matter what medical care you receive, there will always be a proportion of the population that will be harmed.”
According to According to a Mayo Clinic study, no adequate studies have been conducted on the relationship between age and the effectiveness of aspirin extended-release capsules in the pediatric population. Aspirin is used as a painkiller and is sometimes prescribed to reduce the chance of heart attack or stroke in at-risk patients. The drug can cause dozens of potential side effects, some requiring medical attention and others more mild, the Mayo Clinic said. detail.
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Sex reassignment drugs and surgery can have many side effects. more seriousincluding irreversible amputations and infertility. some These so-called treatments include double mastectomy (removal of a healthy breast), removal and removal of female and male genitalia, feminization and masculinization of the face, hormonal treatments, and chemical treatments that can cause infertility. Includes puberty blockers. Puberty can also have long-term effects on bone growth, bone density, and growth spurts. According to Go to Mayo Clinic.
Transgender activists frequently claim that such sex-cutting drugs and treatments for deranged minors reduce suicide and improve mental health, but this dubious claim remains subject to more research and As more data emerges, this seems less and less true.
According to other studies, The majority of children who are confused about their gender grow out of that feeling by the time they reach adulthood. European countries, which were earlier than the United States in promoting sex reassignment drugs and surgeries for minors, are noticeably reversing their policies due to concerns about the long-term effects.
In the United States, top-down pressure to have minors undergo sex-cutting drugs and surgeries under the misleading moniker of “gender reassignment care” promulgated by President Joe Biden is evident. white house, academiabig hospital,major medical institution.
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Fundamentally, with these actors, diffusion The influence of gender ideology on social media ultimately promotes the false idea that people can be a different gender than they were born with. Furthermore, the gender ideology complex claims that these people need to take sex change drugs and undergo sex change surgery to match their outward appearance with their inner feelings.
While the push towards transgenderism is highly ideological, a report released in December 2020 found that the U.S. gender reassignment surgery market size was valued at $267 million in 2019 and will grow in 2020. It is expected to expand at an average annual growth rate of 14.4% from 2020 to 2027.
The Biden administration ultimately asked the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling by the Ohio-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a Tennessee law protecting minors from sexually mutilating drugs and surgeries.
“This is a relatively new diagnosis and the approach to care has been constantly changing over the last 10 to 20 years. “It is difficult for anyone to predict with certainty the impact of a lawsuit,'' Chief Justice Jeffrey Sutton, joining Justice Amr Thapar, wrote for the Sixth Circuit.
Since nearly half of the United States has passed laws prohibiting minors from obtaining transgender medicine or surgery, the resulting Supreme Court decision not only protects parents' rights, but also so-called “gender-affirming” laws. is likely to have far-reaching implications for the future of care. .
The case is USA vs. ScumettiU.S. Supreme Court No. 23-477.
