Opinion by Jack Turban: Texas officials are spreading blatant falsehoods about medical care for transgender kids
. As with all medical interventions, potential risk of regret is weighed against potential benefit on a case-by-case basis. But this decision should be up to doctors and families, not politicians.Paxton also claims that gender-affirming care for adolescents results in “sterilization.” This is false. Puberty blockers have been used for decades, andimpair fertility, and for that reason, guidelines recommend fertility-preservation counseling before starting these medications.
Parents helping their children through these transitions love their children. Yet Paxton, in seeking to label parents abusers, threatens to remove children from loving homes. Such separation, along with physical and mental health issues, including depression, suicide attempts, decreases in IQ and even shorter life expectancy.
No parent should have to decide between going to prison and withholding necessary care from their child. Health policy needs to be driven by data and expertise, not misinformation and political rhetoric. I hope Paxton and Abbot will not let their cloud their responsibility to protect the welfare of children in their state, and I pray they will change course immediately.
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