American College of Pediatricians issues fiery statement condemning child gender transition Fox News
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HHSSecretaryXavierBecerraandRep.MaryMillerclashedovergenderreassignmentsurgeriesduringaheatedHousehearingWednesday.
Acoalitionofpediatricians,healthpolicygroupsandconservativeorganizationsiscallingonmedicalprofessionalstostoppromotingtransgendermedicaltreatmentsforchildren.
TheAmericanCollegeofPediatricians(ACP)andalliedgroupsstylingthemselvesas“DoctorsProtectingChildren”havepublishedadeclarationurgingmainstreamAmericanmedicalassociationsliketheAmericanAcademyofPediatricstoabandonsupportforso-called“gender-affirmingcare”fortransgenderyouths.
“Asphysicians,togetherwithnurses,psychotherapistsandbehavioralhealthclinicians,otherhealthprofessionals,scientists,researchers,andpublichealthandpolicyprofessionals,wehaveseriousconcernsaboutthephysicalandmentalhealtheffectsofthecurrentprotocolspromotedforthecareofchildrenandadolescentsintheUnitedStateswhoexpressdiscomfor