It has already been explained to you, but - for good reason - there are certain decisions parents are not allowed to make for their children - like for instance consenting to sex. The same must apply to a genital mutilation. "My body my choice" does not apply here. I don't know how to explain this to you in terms that would be easier to understand for you.
Standard of care apply. You are advocating for big bad intrusive government to take away parental rights to standard of care for their children.
Mutilating children's bodies is not "care". I remember leftists arguing for pedophilia. You guys are just like that. Only incels and pedophiles argue like you do.
Your unprofessional opinion has been repeated and noted. What you are doing is pushing your unprofessional opinion and judgment onto others through a big, bad, intrusive government, disregarding medically established standards of care. You simply have made zero reasonable argument against why we should listen to your unprofessional opinion and ignore medically established standards of care. The only argument you have made is an attempt at emotional outage through usage of the "mutilating" word. It's weak and insulting others is a sign of that weakness.
You area pedophile. Anyone I disagree with with is a pedophile. Stop trying to turn puberty blockers into "genital mutilation". I doubt you call it genital mutilation when the same exact procedure is used on young children for things outside of transgenderism. Call it genital mutilation in those cases also and then we can assume you aren't using these high stakes aggressive terms just for propaganda.
Don't worry man. He's got an army of sources from Twitter accounts with "M.D" in their profile description.
Someone who thinks preventing genital mutilation on children is "big, bad, intrusive government" has lost their moral compass.
Are you going to call the same exact medical procedure done to children for issues outside of transgenderism "genital mutilation" also?
And you are the exact reason why these kids don't want to talk to their parents about this. You would be "appalled". You can couch it as a mental illness or whatever you want, but if your child has this issue do you believe they believe they can have a conversation with you about it? Hell no, they know they can't. Based on what you have portrayed in the forum your kid would be more likely to eat a bullet than have a conversation with you about it. Hopefully one of your children never has gender dysphoria, etc. and you never have to deal with this . However if they do the conversation won't be with the child, but with their mother about coffin vs. cremation.
I'm against the practice (I'm fully aware it is sort of standard in the US - not in other parts of the world). Obviously, it has a long cultural and religious tradition, and some argue it has health benefits (and undoubtedly, in some cases, it is medically necessary). But it is much less life-altering than a sex change. What some of you guys are proposing a child should be able to "agree" to is more comparable to female circumcision (and in some aspects even worse, because it takes away reproductive function for life). And female circumcision is obviously a barbaric practice.
A trend I see with conservatives who use the my body my choice defense is that they seem to pick and choose when the defense is applicable and when it should be ignored.
Perhaps you should use your circumcision stance as a guide post, then. The government getting involved in private medical decisions is practically guaranteed to end poorly. If a doctor does something wrong, we have an entire court system set up to handle that. Otherwise, maybe stay in your own lane.
Why don't you stay in your own lane - and leave children's genitals alone. I know, sounds like a novel concept to some of you. Answer this: Should parents be free to practice female genital circumcision in the US? You know, "my body my choice", "big bad government should stay out", etc. blabla.
Protecting children from genital mutilation and losing their reproductive capabilities for life is not "my opinion". The fact that you portray it that way shows a severely rotten moral compass.
Regarding this issue, I'm not so narcissistic or deranged as to think my opinion, as a completely untrained layperson, should dictate anything about how other people are able to live. Pretending that you know what is best for everyone everywhere all at once seems pretty morally rotten to me.
