Exclusive: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd continues to call on the country's leading pediatric association to update its guidelines for transgender youth to include warnings about the risks of puberty blockers and other hormone treatments. I'm strengthening it.
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.
“The cessation of what can justifiably be described as medical experimentation on children is particularly important for the vast majority of children who are first diagnosed with the disease. gender dysphoria “By adolescence and adulthood, the symptoms disappear and 'outgrow,'” the letter says, adding that “children are treated with biologically altering drugs with unknown physiological pathways or endpoints.” It is also inhumane to support such experiments without a solid safety profile, especially when they have been proven time and time again to be medically unnecessary. is.”
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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.
According to unsealed documents released over the summer, health officials Biden administration successfully pressured the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to omit age restrictions in its guidelines for transgender surgical procedures for adolescents.
“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, AAP recommitted its commitment to help. “Gender-affirming care” “We want to ensure young people receive the reproductive and gender-affirming care they need and feel seen, heard and valued for who they are,” AAP CEO Mark Del Monte said at the time. In response, the guidelines for pediatricians have been expanded.
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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 entitled “Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Care as a Form of Child Abuse: Reframing the Debate,” arguing that: lots of bills Policies aimed at restricting transgender treatment for children lead to poorer mental health.
Fox News Digital has contacted AAP for comment.
