AAPS issued the 2023 Position Statement on “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minor Children

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AAPS issued the 2023 Position Statement on “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minor Children

To read the full Disclaimer: Click here | Last Updated: 3/1/23

On February 20, 2023 The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons(AAPS) a national medical organization that describes itself as “a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country that has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine” has issued its 2023 Statement on “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minor Children.

By doings so this organization has added its voice into the ongoing debate about Transgender Medicine, specifically about the role, scope, significance and the validity of the Gender Affirming Care for Minor Children . This contribution has been reflected in our updated post: Transgender Medicine and Research. Collection of Resources from both sides of the TG debate.

The full text of this Position Statement copied from the AAPS WebSite on 3/2/23 (Ref) is presented below:

1. Physicians and medical professionals should refuse to be mandated or coerced to participate in procedures to which they have ethical or scientific objections or which they believe would harm a patient.

2. Reproduction requires a male gamete (sperm), which can only be produced by a person of XY genotype, and a female gamete (egg), which can only be produced by a person of XX genotype. Primordial germ cells are present at birth.

3. Biological sex is determined at conception by genotype and apart from rare anomalies, which result in ambiguous genitalia, sex is correctly identified at birth—and is indeed obvious.

4. The construct of gender fluidity in the current cultural discourse is controversial.

5. Through medical, surgical, and other interventions, it is possible to change the physical appearance of one’s body. Changing physical appearance does not change biological sex.

6. There has been an explosive increase in persons who identify with the construct of gender different from sex, at an age where identity is easily malleable and brain development is not fully concluded.

7. Conflicting motivations have led to a growing industry dedicated to providing “gender-affirming” procedures that are generally irreversible and have a high probability of causing sterilization. These include puberty “blockers,” sex hormones, and surgery, such as castration, penectomy, and mastectomy. They commit a patient to a lifelong need for medical, surgical, and psychological care.

8. “Gender-affirming care” in minors is medically and ethically contraindicated because of a lack of informed consent. There are inherently unknown and unknowable long-term risks, and the consequences of removing normal, healthy organs are irreversible.

So far this statement has been met with the applause from the Conservative Press Outlets such as Epoch Times (Ref) , NewsMax (Ref) ,(Ref), ZeroHedge (Ref), Church Militant (Ref), USSA News (Ref), NTD (Ref) and the Conservative Organizations such as Genspect (Ref) . The statement and describing it articles have been also shared in a viral fashion on Twitter.

To date of this post (3/2/23) there was no rebuttal nor critical review of this Position Statement by any of the major Progressive leaning Media Outlets or Medical Associations.