3 major American medical associations want DOJ to prosecute critics who question radical gender medicine
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Three major American medical associations are asking the Justice Department to 'investigate' and 'prosecute' those who question 'gender-affirming health care' on social media.
At their founding, these three medical associations embraced the idea that they should be nonpartisan, neutral, and driven by scientific evidence. But by issuing this reckless call to prosecute critics, they have revealed themselves to be hostile to open debate and free scientific inquiry. Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Sign up for his newsletter here.
The letter poses three significant problems.
First, the medical associations obscure the radical nature of so-called "gender-affirming care." The basic facts, which have caused justifiable public outrage, are well-established: according to the medical literature, American doctors have been administering puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and experimental gender surgeries on minors—including double-mastectomies for girls, which involves surgically removing the breasts, and vaginoplasties for boys, which involves surgically removing the penis and turning the tissue into an artificial vagina.