CAUGHT ON CAMERA: American College of Pediatricians statement on gender #PushBack

..2024 The American College of Pediatricians is calling on various medical organizations in the United States to change how they treat gender issues in children and adolescent

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physical and mental health effects of

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the current protocols promoted for the

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care of Children and adolescents in the

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United States who Express discomfort

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with their biological

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sex this declaration was authored by the

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American College of Pediatricians but

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really it was developed from the

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expertise of hundreds of doctors

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researchers and other healthcare workers

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and leaders who who for years have been

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sounding the alarm on the harmful

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protocols that continue to be promoted

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by the medical organizations in the

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United States despite recent Revelations

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from the leak wpath files and the recent

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release of the final report from the

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cast review these medical organizations

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have not changed course so we are

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calling on these medical organizations

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of the United States including the

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American Academy of Pediatrics the

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endocrine Society the Pediatric

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endocrine Society

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the American Medical Association the

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American Psychological Association and

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the American Academy of Child and

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Adolescent Psychiatry to follow the

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science and their European

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colleagues and immediately stop the

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promotion of social affirmation puberty

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blockers cross- sex hormones and

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surgeries for s for children and

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adolescents who experience distress over

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their biological sex in our declaration

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we affirm that sex is a dimorphic innate

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trait defined in relation to an

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organism's biological role in

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reproduction male and female this

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genetic signature is present in every

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nucleated somatic cell in the body and

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is not altered by drugs or surgical

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interventions consideration of these

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innate differences is critical to the

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practice of good medicine and to the

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development of sound policy for children

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and adults alike medical decisionmaking

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should be based upon an individual's

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biological sex it should respect

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biological reality and the Dignity of

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the person by compassionately addressing

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the whole

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person we are here defying the claims

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made by these medical organizations in

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the US that those of us who are

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concerned are a minority and that their

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Protocols are consensus they are not

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consensus and we are speaking in a loud

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