These laws are a continuation of the demonization of the medical profession and a target for those who have limited ability to defend themselves. It probably started with COVID with certain populations now distrusting the medical world. I still see patient's enter the hospital accusing me of being a part of the "conspiracy." BTW, I am still waiting on the check for that one. Oh, and as a consequence of a lot of reimbursement cuts, we are now liable to lose a lot of rural hospitals. But hey, we at least owned the libs.
Greenman - there is this notion that we as the medical professionals are ignoring the massive burst of kids coming into clinics claiming gender dysphoria. We already know there is a fad going on. We aren't stupid. The problem is we have to now sift through all these patients to try to decipher who is part of the fad and who is legit in need of medical care. Physicians are already incredibly conservative to begin with in their care. Hence, the current recommendations from multiple specialists and providers to confirm a diagnosis. This process alone takes months, if not years.
There is a lot that goes into trying to determine the cause of gender dysphoria for a patient. yes, there is a fad, but there are also children who have faced abuse, trauma, rape/assault, autism, schizophrenia and so on. Each one of the kids in these situations probably don't need puberty blockers and definitely not surgery. We send this kids to therapy, start anxiety and depression medications and see what happens. Some of these situations, can be so severe, for example, that an abused child wants absolutely nothing to do with their sex. Their mere existence as a member of that sex is perceived as being vulnerable and many will transition for their own sanity and protection.
Then there are the intersex kids and then those who have the genetics to fit an intersex condition, but didn't quite meet that criteria or it wasn't diagnosed at birth. It happens a lot more than you think. this can be easily compared to autism. Everyone asks, "why is there so much autism now?" It's due to the fact we actually recognize it better now. Why is there so much gender dysphoria and transgender individuals? It's because we recognize it more. Is there some component of a social movement? Yes and we work to recognize those individuals and take care of them without the drugs/interventions. On the other hand, we have a large contingency of individuals we are trying to save and treat the way that medical literature and all the major medical societies support. There are a lot of very smart and capable people working on this.
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