American College of Pediatricians: ‘Transgenderism In Children Is Child Abuse’

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The American College of Pediatricians has issued a statement condemning the liberal acceptance of "transgenderism in children", claiming that it amounts to child abuse and causes disease and lifelong psychological problems.

The American College of Pediatricians has issued a statement condemning the liberal acceptance of “transgenderism in children”, claiming that it amounts to child abuse and causes disease and lifelong psychological problems. 

The statement draws from scientific fact to list eight arguments on why gender reclassification in children is harmful, and backs President Trump’s decision to revoke federal guidance to schools to let children use whichever bathroom they want.

According to the statement, 98% of transgender boys eventually accept their biological sex after passing through puberty, and that “conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.

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. Facts – not ideology – determine reality.

The policy statement, authored by Johns Hopkins Medical School Psychology Professor Paul McHugh, listed eight arguments on why the liberal agenda to push acceptance of transgenderism in children is harmful.

1. Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of health – not genetic markers of a disorder.

2. 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.

3. A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking. When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such.

4. Puberty is not a disease and puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous. Reversible or not, puberty-blocking hormones induce a state of disease – the absence of puberty – and inhibit growth and fertility in a previously biologically healthy child.

5. According to the DSM-V, as many as 98% of gender confused boys and 88% of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex after naturally passing through puberty.

6. Children who use puberty blockers to impersonate the opposite sex will require cross-sex hormones in late adolescence. Cross-sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) are associated with dangerous health risks including but not limited to high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke and cancer.

7. Rates of suicide are twenty 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.

8. Conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.

The left, as usual, reacted to the scientific facts provided by the American College of Pediatricians by attempting to shout them down, and labelling them a “hate group” for daring to disagree with current liberal ideology on transgenderism.

Think Progress described the American College of Pediatricians as a “hate group masquerading as pediatricians.”

The Huffington Post said that “Once again, Paul McHugh has used the ever more tarnished name of Johns Hopkins to distort science and spread transphobic misinformation.”

McHugh, who formerly served as Johns Hopkins’ psychiatrist in chief, issued an opinion last year stating the transgenderism is a “mental disorder” and sex change is a “medical impossibility.”

The statement was also signed by Drs. Michelle A. Cretella, M.D., president of the American College of Pediatricians, and Quentin Van Meter, M.D., the organization’s vice president.

Baxter Dmitry

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9 Comments

  1. Think Progress = hate group masquerading as the enlightened elite. Huffington Post = perfect politicizing of the facts and re-branding them as hateful by suggesting this “distorts science”, umm no, and spread “transphobic misinformation”, again no. A doctor presenting scientific fact is not distorting science, it’s presenting truth, and it’s not transphobic misinformation just because you don’t like what it has to say.

  2. I have a brother who claims to be transgender and has never had a job or finnish high school has mental illness issues. He showers 1 time a month and collect welfare and supports Hillary. Yes I agree with this article and call me a ” hater or racist or bigot ” I dont care! The truth is the truth and may god have mercy oh these transgender people.

  3. Hold whatever personal opinion you want, right or wrong, but this is not a scientific body. They’re a group of moralists trying to pass themselves off as the American Academy of Pediatrics. The close-but-not-quite name is a deliberate ruse to make people think that a harmful fringe opinion is widely supported by respected medical professionals.

    http://www.snopes.com/americas-pediatricians-gender-kids/

  4. It is absolutely child abuse. If you’re a child in this situation, being abused by your parents, call DSS yourself (or find a neighbor who can help you do that). I know it’s scary; I had to make that call once myself. But you don’t have to live that way. Get help!

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