Trump signs executive order to ‘protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation’
Trump signs executive order to ‘protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation’
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order targeting transgender medical care and procedures for minors.
So no more circumcisions now?
It looks like the actual language was precise enough to exclude circumcision... but that would have been hilarious.
Yet not precise enough to be accurate to what medical professionals actually do or claim
And ear piercings?
That would be the one part of this I support. At least for medically unnecessary circumcisions.
under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex
The only thing more infuriating than Republicans being utterly incapable of understanding that NOBODY claims you can change your sex, is Republicans closing their eyes and covering their ears when everyone tells them that we're not claiming it.
They're blatantly putting words in our mouths at this point. Their ignorance is willful. It's either time we start fighting fire with fire, or someone needs to step up and start dishing out "Italian goodbyes".
(Edit):
irreversible medical interventions
It's hard enough for ADULTS to get GRS or T/E... On what fucking basis are they claiming children get these treatments?
Trans woman to trans man: hey, I don't think you're using the extra parts of that second chromosome....let me just pluck pluck
It's not even possible to change your sex. We don't have that sort of genetic engineering capability.
40% of all breast reduction surgeries are performed on men. Sorry, dudes! You're going to have to live with those tits your body made after getting cancer (or just a slightly abnormal puberty).
And cis women get them too, because giant breasts can play hell on your back. One of my wife's closest friends did it.
An ex of mine had it done. She's 5'8", slender and had a 42" chest. Along with lower back issues, going running was difficult-- no sports bra could control that amount of bounce.
Better include circumcision
So this means they're committing to not slicing and dicing intersex babies genitals for them, forcing them into a false biological dichotomy?
Because it sounds like he just wrote an Executive Order that reads like it's trying to ban that.
When bullets are fired from a gun, that’s a chemical reaction, right? Does this mean no more school kids will get shot as well?
How are children legally defined in the US?
Age 17 and below.
Edit: oh but wow I just read the order and it defines child as anyone under 19. I'm surprised they chose to just add a year of childhood in this instance. That is not typical.
You are usually considered an adult at age 18 and granted a degree of autonomy (and the right to vote). Notable exceptions being controlled substances like alcohol and nicotine that require you to be 21.
So no surgeries at all then?
RIP kids
I notice clerical mutilation is not on the list.