US medical authorities have reportedly rejected an authoritative scientific report sponsored by the British government that is highly critical of transgender medical claims. new york times.
The UK health system put the brakes on transgender surgeries on minors after the highly acclaimed Kass report, which found scientific evidence that transgender medication and surgery are appropriate treatments for gender dysphoria. This is because very few were found.
Unfortunately, the U.S. medical establishment is ignoring this widespread reporting and has stepped up attacks with left-wing political lobbies that support the transgender movement.
The report, sponsored by Britain’s government-run healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), found there was little evidence that indiscriminate puberty-blocking medications or surgical solutions were effective in the long term. After it was revealed, it was quickly adopted by the government. For transgender patients.
The report, led by Dr Hilary Cass, former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, was conducted over four years and carried out a systematic review of scientific research on transgender people. But Cass and his researchers also worked with thousands of young patients and their families, transgendered adults, advocacy groups, clinics, doctors, and even people who later realized that transgender people were a bad idea and changed their gender. I also met with people who had their licenses lifted.
This is the most comprehensive study on transgenderism ever conducted. And furthermore, new york times have Admitted, the main finding was that the evidence supporting puberty blockers and other hormonal drugs in children was “remarkably weak.” As a result, the UK NHS stopped approving these treatments outside of clinical trials. The NHS is also withdrawing from hormone therapy.
Britain is not the first country to turn its back on transgenderism. Last year, the UK joined Denmark, Finland, Sweden and France in starting to move away from the “affirmative” model of treatment, where doctors simply state a patient’s wishes and proceed with treatment.
Despite a move away from radical transgenderism in Europe, U.S. medical authorities consider there is no evidence that transgendering children is a wise approach to treating gender dysphoria in minors. He seems to be refusing to do anything. Indeed, at that time times When I contacted the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), they dismissed the Cass report and advocated capitulation to radical transgenderism, calling the approach “evidence-based” in European medicine. It claimed to be in direct contradiction to all these studies and decisions by the agency. And science. ” However, the AAP added that it was conducting its own investigation on the subject.
The Endocrine Society was even more direct: times They claim that “we firmly support gender-affirming care” and that it is “necessary and, in many cases, life-saving”.
However, in an interview with Dr. Cass, times She also found that no U.S.-based medical institutions or organizations had contacted her and her research team to discuss the final report. It’s as if America’s medical establishment doesn’t want to hear evidence contrary to the radical transgender lobby.
Kass called AAP a “left-wing organization” and accused it of “misleading the public” about transgenderism.
Kass said that while he respects the AAP, he disagrees with its stance on the issue, adding: “What some organizations are doing is doubling down on claiming the evidence is good. ” he added. I think this is where the people are being misled. You need to be honest about the strength of your evidence and say what you will do to improve it. ”
She went on to say, “AAP is an organization that does a lot for children around the world, and I see it as a fairly left-leaning organization, but there are currently issues that could jeopardize transgender health care.” I think they’re afraid to make a move. And if they feel like they’re not under that kind of political pressure, then there’s multiple truths in this space, which is, we need medical care. I wonder if it would be more nuanced to say that there are children who are suffering and need medical care.Other children are trying to resolve their suffering in different ways. ”
Kass also argued that health care “should never be politically driven.”
“It should be driven by evidence and ethics, share decision-making with patients, and listen to their voices. Once it becomes politicized, as we know from the abortion situation in the United States, , that is a matter of serious concern,” she said.
It is important to point out that the Kass report does not completely devalue transgender medical care. The paper simply points out that there is little evidence that forcing such procedures on children is good and effective in the long term, and even desirable for young patients into adulthood. It is.
Recent evidence of research on transgender children comes from a study commissioned by the World Association of Transgender Health Professionals, posted by health care writer Lisa Serin Davis in a correspondence from Johns Hopkins University to X. , which found little or no evidence about the impact transgender people have on children and adolescents. In the long run.
Ah, an email from the head of the Johns Hopkins University team. @wpath For a systematic review of gender medicine in youth. She said WPATH would not allow the review to be published and there was “little or no evidence regarding children and young people”. pic.twitter.com/hhg1Q1OBiX
— Lisa Selin Davis (@LisaSelinDavis) May 14, 2024
Excerpts of email communications posted by Davis also stated that WPATH was attempting to quash the research. Perhaps because it does not provide comprehensive support for transgender children.
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