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Truth,

"American Medical Association (AMA): Affirms that transgender identities are normal variations of human expression and supports public and private insurance coverage for care.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Supports timely, comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate care for transgender youth.
Endocrine Society: Co-author of clinical practice guidelines for endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric individuals.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) and American Psychological Association (APA): Support mental and medical health access while opposing discrimination and conversion efforts."

Which of these organizations specifically addresses the rights and responsibilities of parents to make medical decisions for their minor children?

Supporting a particular form of treatment is one issue.

The role and authority of the parent in deciding whether a minor should receive that treatment is another.

There has been a growing effort to reduce parental involvement in some decision making for minors, and many parents are pushing back against that. Parents should not be treated as an obstacle to their child's care. They are ordinarily the people responsible for making major medical decisions for their minor children.

Before you call the parents bigots, remember that their objection may have nothing to do with prejudice toward transgender people. They may simply believe that parents, not activists, schools, or organizations, should have the primary authority to make major medical decisions involving their minor children.

And that includes the possibility that, after considering the circumstances, they may decide that their child will not medically transition while they are still a minor.

Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in birth tourism' (2019)
apnews.com

... Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth so that their child can acquire all the privileges of American citizenship.

They pay anywhere from $20,000 to sometimes more than $50,000 to brokers who arrange their travel documents, accommodations and hospital stays, often in Florida.

While the cost is high, their children will be rewarded with opportunities and travel advantages not available to their Russian countrymen. The parents themselves may benefit someday as well.

And the decidedly un-Russian climate in South Florida and the posh treatment they receive in the maternity wards -- unlike dismal clinics back home -- can ease the financial sting and make the practice seem more like an extended vacation. ...


Someone was clearly triggered by my #4 ...


click the .GIF, above, for a surprise!

I wonder why that is?

Savannah Police Department fires 6 employees over Flock Safety System misuse
www.wtoc.com

... The Savannah Police Department terminated four sworn officers and two civilian employees following an internal investigation into misuse of the department's Flock Safety License Plate Reader system. All six cases are also under independent criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The six employees were placed on administrative leave last week after a proactive review of system activity identified searches that appeared to have been conducted for purposes unrelated to legitimate law enforcement activity. ...

What the investigation found

SPD's administrative investigation determined the employees violated department policies governing the authorized use of law enforcement technology and departmental resources. Investigators found that employees were running searches on personal acquaintances and family members. One officer was found to have given someone from an outside law enforcement agency access to SPD's Flock Safety system, which they weren't authorized to do. ...



It's almost like the love of money is the root of all evil...

#7 | POSTED BY CORKY

idk...

I saw this and it really is out there in terms of money and evil question, but its phrased so coarsely.

Chamath Palihapitiya recently returned to Stanford to aggressively remind students that capital is the ultimate amplifier of human intent.

We live in a world where pure intellectual merit is no longer enough to force actual structural change.

If you fundamentally want to disrupt broken systems you must first accumulate enough capital to become an undeniable threat.
Critics who complain about this intense focus on money completely misunderstand the basic physics of global power.
Sitting on the sidelines with superior morals accomplishes absolutely nothing while well-funded competitors actively shape the future.
As Chamath Palihapitiya explicitly stated in his original 2017 talk, "You have a moral imperative to get it and then use it to make a difference."
Capital is not inherently evil but rather a neutral weapon that simply scales the underlying worldview of its owner.

Stop apologizing for wanting to build massive wealth and start viewing it as the necessary ammunition for your vision.

Chamath to a room of Stanford MBAs: "get the ------- money. I'm serious."
he says capital is a moral imperative. the money gets made and allocated either way, so if you have a worldview and none of it behind you, your view doesn't compete.
"in the absence of capital, you're irrelevant. with capital, you're powerful."
x.com

Wild Times Americans ...

Truth,
"inalienable right to the healthcare they choose?"
No one has an inalienable right to whatever healthcare they choose.
We've had enough time now to see that people's decisions can be influenced by changing social values, cultural pressures, and the people around them. That is one reason I think potentially irreversible medical decisions deserve more serious and careful scrutiny.
As far as the military goes, I agree with the current decision. Transgender service can involve medical treatment, ongoing care, and accommodations that can raise legitimate questions about military readiness and deployment requirements.
Gay service members generally require no special medical accommodations simply because they are gay.
So trying to frame the transgender military issue as simply another version of gay rights is bogus. The two situations are not the same.

#59 | Posted by BillJohnson

Christ you're a dishonest monster

1. cis people have right to the same exact medical procedures that trans people are denied. that is a simple fact

2. You assume, without basis in fact, that trans people's healthcare is done with less scrutiny than cis peoples' healthcare. When the government starts banning breast reduction for cis women/girls like they do for trans people you might have a point, but you don't

3. You do realize that "medical treatment, ongoing care and accommodations" were not mentioned in the Executive Order banning their service. en.wikipedia.org Though the following language WAS used: "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life" So, again you are either ignorant or a liar regarding trans in the military, which is it?

#13 The Donnerboy Rule:

I need two (2) independent sources** from any Trump sycophant for any 'proof' they offer before it is even considered, much less replied to.
**Any source that contains "Trump's FBI said...", or "The DOJ announced..." or "The White House proclaimed..." - or any iteration thereof - will immediately be considered not an independent source. - Try again.

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