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American Medical Association Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

American Medical Association Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

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Yesterday, 8:56 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/health/gender-surgery-minors-ama.html

Plastic surgeons and now the AMA (largest group representing U.S. physicians across all specialties). When the AAP (pediatricians) comes out with a similar statement, as they will have to if they are following the science, that will be the beginning of the end of insurance coverage for surgical procedures in the name of "gender transition" in the U.S. for children and teens under 18. Insurers are not going to pay for procedures for children and teens that aren't endorsed by the AMA and AAP because it will be impossible to defend in malpractice lawsuits.

I do think puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will continue getting coverage at least for awhile yet. The damage is less obvious and takes longer to develop.
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Yesterday, 8:56 PM #1

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/health/gender-surgery-minors-ama.html

Plastic surgeons and now the AMA (largest group representing U.S. physicians across all specialties). When the AAP (pediatricians) comes out with a similar statement, as they will have to if they are following the science, that will be the beginning of the end of insurance coverage for surgical procedures in the name of "gender transition" in the U.S. for children and teens under 18. Insurers are not going to pay for procedures for children and teens that aren't endorsed by the AMA and AAP because it will be impossible to defend in malpractice lawsuits.

I do think puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will continue getting coverage at least for awhile yet. The damage is less obvious and takes longer to develop.

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Finally. Even though politicians have done a lot of harm, I've felt most betrayed by the medical professionals who didn't hold the line which would have made it harder for politicians to get away with supporting it. 

Quote:Some doctors have argued that minors should have access to mastectomies before age 18 because breast development takes place early in puberty; breasts are so visible and distressing that transitioning teens sometimes go to great lengths to conceal them, often binding their chests.

"Conceal them" indicates they are motivated by how other people view them. Society is so misogynistic and porn-saturated, and sexual assault is so common that young girls feel their natural bodies are humiliating and want to escape them, but instead of being told that there’s nothing wrong with them and that our culture is messed up, their internalized misogyny is medicalized as they're affirmed in their self-loathing and assisted in their self-harm. Some people still seem convinced that it’s like being gay, as if gay people need hormone injections or surgery to affirm their sexual orientation. It’s more similar to giving an anorexic kid liposuction. Some doctors are psychopaths.
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https://archive.ph/8jIMs

Finally. Even though politicians have done a lot of harm, I've felt most betrayed by the medical professionals who didn't hold the line which would have made it harder for politicians to get away with supporting it. 

Quote:Some doctors have argued that minors should have access to mastectomies before age 18 because breast development takes place early in puberty; breasts are so visible and distressing that transitioning teens sometimes go to great lengths to conceal them, often binding their chests.

"Conceal them" indicates they are motivated by how other people view them. Society is so misogynistic and porn-saturated, and sexual assault is so common that young girls feel their natural bodies are humiliating and want to escape them, but instead of being told that there’s nothing wrong with them and that our culture is messed up, their internalized misogyny is medicalized as they're affirmed in their self-loathing and assisted in their self-harm. Some people still seem convinced that it’s like being gay, as if gay people need hormone injections or surgery to affirm their sexual orientation. It’s more similar to giving an anorexic kid liposuction. Some doctors are psychopaths.

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