https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baguc6hE_hk
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
