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Sen. Rand Paul criticized for questioning of transgender health nominee

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genital mutilation has been nearly

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universally condemned

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genital mutilation has been condemned by

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the who

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the united nations children's fund the

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united nations population fund

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according to the who genital mutilation

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is recognized

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internationally as a violation of human

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rights

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genital mutilation is considered

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particularly egregious

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because as the wh notes it is nearly

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always carried out on minors

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and is a violation of the rights of

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children most genital mutilation is not

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typically performed by force

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but as who notes that by social

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convention

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social norm the social pressure to

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conform

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to do what others do and have been doing

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as well as the need to be accepted

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socially and the few are being rejected

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by the community

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american culture is now normalizing the

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idea that minors can be given hormones

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to prevent their biological development

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of their secondary sexual

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characteristics

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dr levine you have supported both

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allowing minors to be given hormone

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blockers

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to prevent them from going through

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puberty as well as surgical destruction

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of a minor's genitalia

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like surgical mutilation hormonal

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interruption of puberty can permanently

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alter and prevent secondary sexual

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characteristics

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the american college of pediatricians

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reports that 80 to 95 percent

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of pre-pubertal children with gender

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dysphoria will

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experience resolution by late

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adolescents if

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not exposed to medical intervention and

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social affirmation

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dr levine do you believe that minors are

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capable of making such a life-changing

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decision as changing one's

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sex well senator thank you for your

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interest in this question

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transgender medicine is a very complex

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and nuanced field with robust research

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and standards of care that have been

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developed and if i am fortunate enough

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to be confirmed as the assistant

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secretary of health i will look forward

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to working with you

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and your office and coming to your

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office and discussing the

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particulars of the standards of care for

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transgender medicine

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the specific question was about minors

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let's be a little more specific since

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you evaded the question

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do you support the government

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intervening to override the parents

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consent

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to give a child puberty blockers

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cross-sex hormones

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and or amputation surgery of breasts and

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genitalia

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you have said that you're willing to

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accelerate the protocols

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for street kids i'm alarmed that poor

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kids with no parents

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who are homeless and distraught you

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would just go

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through this and allow that to happen to

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a minor

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i would hope that you would have

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compassion for cura bell

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who's a 23 year old girl who was

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confused with her identity

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at 14 she read on the internet about

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something about transsexuals she thought

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well maybe that's what i

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am she ended up getting these puberty

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blockers cross-sex hormones

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she had her breasts amputated but here's

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what ultimately she says now

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and this is a very insightful from

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decision from someone who made a mistake

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but was led to believe this was a good

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thing by the medical community

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i made a brash decision as a teenager as

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a lot of teenagers do

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trying to find confidence and happiness

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except now the rest of my life will be

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negatively affected she said

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adding that the medicalized gender

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transitioning

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was a very temporary superficial fix for

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a very complex

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identity issue what i'm alarmed at is

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that you're not willing to say

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absolutely minors shouldn't be making

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decisions to amputate

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their breast or to amputate their

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genitalia

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for most of our history we believe that

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minors don't have full rights and the

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parents need to be involved

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so I'm alarmed that you won't say with

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certainty that minors should not have

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the ability

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to make the decision to take hormones

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that will affect them for the rest of

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their life

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will you make a more firm decision on

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whether or not

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minors should be involved in these

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decisions senator

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transgender medicine is a very complex

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and nuanced field

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and if confirmed to the position of

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assistant secretary of health

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i would certainly be pleased to come to

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your office and talk with you and your

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staff

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about the standards of care and the

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complexity of this field

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let it go into the record that the

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witness refused to answer the question

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the question is a very specific one

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should minors be making these momentous

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decisions for most of the history of

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medicine

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we wouldn't let you have a cut sewn up

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in the er but you're willing to let a

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minor

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take things that prevent their puberty

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and you think they get that back

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you give a woman testosterone enough

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that she grows a beard you think she's

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going to go back looking like a woman

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when you stop the testosterone

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you have permanently changed them

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infertility

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is another problem none of these drugs

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have been approved for this

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they're all being used off label i find

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it ironic that the left that went nuts

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over hydroxycork when

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being used possibly for covid

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are not alarmed that these hormones are

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being used off label

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there's no long-term studies we don't

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know what happens to them

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we do know that there are dozens and

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dozens of people been through this

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who who regret that this happened and a

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permanent change happened to them

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and you know if you've ever been around

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children 14 year olds can't make this

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decision

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in the gender dysphoria clinic in

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england

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10 of the kids are between the ages of 3

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and 10.

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we should be outraged that someone's

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talking to a three-year-old about

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changing their sex

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i can't thank you thank you so much

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senator paul

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senator levine thank you for answering

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the question i will turn to senator

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baldwin