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TitanCubes t1_j54ezs3 wrote

The issue is that it’s not between doctor and patient because a minor cannot consent to these types of treatments only the parents can.

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Educational-Eye4657 t1_j54ubid wrote

That doesn't give the Government a sweeping right to make that decision for an individual.

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vexingsilence t1_j55t5du wrote

They're not. They're delaying the decision until the only individual that would be affected by it is able to consent.

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Educational-Eye4657 t1_j55tclj wrote

That's exactly the purpose of puberty blockers, which this bill is trying to criminalize

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vexingsilence t1_j55uo2c wrote

That would be abuse considering the child cannot consent.

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1carus_x t1_j564w3i wrote

Intersex infants cannot consent to genital mutilations, yet this bill explcititly allows it

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kpyna t1_j56fh7v wrote

That's my main issue with the bill. I do not like the explicit approval of procedures on intersex children.

Oh, you think it's abuse if a doctor, therapist, teenager, and parent all agree to use puberty blockers? But it's fine for parents to cut the dick off a hermaphroditic or ambiguous kid and raise them as a female before the kid is even able to talk? Make it make sense!!

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