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vexingsilence t1_j55tgm6 wrote

Reply to comment by MiggySmalls6767 in This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

>Block being allowed to make your own medical decisions?

They're children. Children don't get to make their own medical decisions.

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CocoTheElder t1_j565tgf wrote

These decisions, even if made by parents on behalf of the minor, are not snap decisions. There is a process, including therapy and potentially ssri meds, that generally lasts a year or more, before any endocrinologist intervention, and longer before any surgical intervention. No one decides this overnight. I've been involved with this community, and I've never met a parent who actively encouraged transition. Including myself.

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vexingsilence t1_j566h13 wrote

Doesn't change the fact that children can't consent.

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CocoTheElder t1_j58lbq0 wrote

So children in this state can marry, but children of the same age requesting life saving interventions after lengthy psychological evaluation is, in your opinion, harmful. Ok.

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MiggySmalls6767 t1_j583b1b wrote

This bill prevents parents from making medical decisions for their children, which is often done in conjunction with their children.

Unless you’re a psychopath and forcing them to take medication.

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vexingsilence t1_j5it9da wrote

This isn't a decision that parents should be making, IMO. Wait until the child is old enough to make this decision on their own.

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MiggySmalls6767 t1_j5js8ol wrote

So the state gets to mandate medical decisions that children/parents and doctors have all agreed to? Huh. No thanks communist China.

If I wanted to live in some authoritarian hellscape I’d go love to Mass. At least there I can also get some decent public transportation I guess.

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vexingsilence t1_j5jyfx3 wrote

>If I wanted to live in some authoritarian hellscape I’d go love to Mass.

Cool, see ya.

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