A medical professional dissented from the medical establishment and told the truth about the dangers of children receiving transgender hormone treatments during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Board certified child psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health that neither puberty blockers or cross sex hormones are medically necessary for children and can rather pose significant harm.
“There is no evidence of long-term benefit, but there is evidence of harm,” Grossman told the committee. “Our precious tax dollars should not support such a perilous experiment.”
During her testimony she also scientifically debunked modern gender ideology.
“Sex is not assigned at birth. Sex is established at conception, and it’s recognized at birth if not earlier,” she said. “To claim that sex is assigned at birth is without any scientific basis whatsoever. Its language misleads people, especially children, into thinking that male and female are arbitrary designations and can change.”
Grossman also pointed out that a growing number of countries are restricting access to “gender affirming” surgeries.
According to the Daily Wire, Finland, Sweden, and Norway have all put restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children with gender dysphoria.
Grossman said that these countries realize that “kids don’t need their development interrupted, the girls don’t need their period stopped and their voices lowered, and the boys don’t need to grow breasts,” instead possibly requiring psychotherapy.
In recent years, the medical establishment of major organizations have caved to the LGBT lobby and have shifted support towards endorsing gender transitioning treatments for minors despite evidence that these treatments can be dangerous to minors.
In contrast, Grossman has been a fighter against transgender ideology by being an outspoken critic of sex change treatments for children. She has written several books on the subject and is a senior fellow at “Do No Harm,” an organization of doctors that oppose this ideology being pushed on children.
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