Far right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) is planning to introduce legislation on Friday that would ban doctors and other medical professionals from providing certain gender-affirming care options to transgender children.
Although the effects of puberty blockers are completely reversible, Greene wrongly suggested in an interview with Tucker Carlson on“Kids are too young to make these awful decisions that will affect them and will be permanent for the rest of their lives,”Her statement ignores the fact that such decisions are made by children alongside their parents or guardians, under the guidance of doctors and other trained professionals.
Carlson isn’t alone in making such blatantly false and alarmist statements — recently, a number of far right commentators on social media, wrongly asserting that the hospital has been performing sex reassignment surgeries on children. The hospital said in a statement this week that it has received a large influx of violent threats as a result of the transphobic fear mongering.
“We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms, and we reject the false narrative upon which they are based,” Boston Children’s HospitalGreene’s bill has very little chance of passing in the Democratic-controlled House, but it may be an indication of the dangerous proposals Congress will embrace if the GOP wins the midterm elections this fall.
Numerous medical organizations have recognized gender-affirming care as life-saving. Chase Strangio, a trans activist and lawyer, shared his experiences with gender-affirming care
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