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Originally Posted by Patriam1066
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It feels icky because we’re in a social media era with off the chart adolescent mental illness and we’re allowing for permanent, irreversible choices during an age when, at the best of times, a child is ill prepared to make serious decisions with anything beyond transient consequences
I’m not a social conservative but I think we should ask ourselves why the Swedes and Finns are banning puberty blockers and I don’t think it’s transphobic to consider what that inquiry might yield
(I’m also a father of three and remember my kids collectively making zero good decisions in their adolescent and teen years)
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That could all very well be true, but does the potential for harm mean it should not receive any state funding, or potentially be outlawed? There are many other legal things that aren't prohibited. This isn't mandated care, it's removal of an option.
I also don't have any skin in the game. Just as I want abortion law to be decided via national referendum by women only, I'd love to pass this one off to parents only and then I could accept the outcome.
I don't believe sticking heads in the sand is the way to handle anything, which is what these lawmakers seem to want. They cache it in terms like 'save the kids' but we all know that's horseshit, politicians see kids as leverage not humans.
03-01-2023, 11:51 AM
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