{"id":1907177,"date":"2023-03-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-03-30T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T12:00:00","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpumping-gender-bending-drugs-into-kids-is-even-more-dangerous-than-we-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpumping-gender-bending-drugs-into-kids-is-even-more-dangerous-than-we-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Gender-Bending Drugs To Kids Is Worse Than We Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpumping-gender-bending-drugs-into-kids-is-even-more-dangerous-than-we-thought%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1907177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> \t\t\t\t\t Suppose a troubled teen girl \u201cidentifies\u201d as a boy and wants to change her body to match it. Most people balk at the thought of pumping her with testosterone or cutting off her healthy breasts. But many of these same people think using puberty blockers isn\u2019t so bad for even younger kids. In fact, activist groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest drugs like Lupron can \u201cpause\u201d puberty without harm.<\/p>\n<p>    Even some conservative lawmakers, such as Georgia state Sen. Carden Summers, have bought this claim. As a result, the bill he sponsored, just signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, partially restricts\u00a0\u201cgender-affirming\u201d hormones and surgeries for minors but says nothing about puberty blockers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Is it really safe to give these drugs to kids? Mounting evidence says \u201cno.\u201d And even some on the left are starting to sound the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>    Last month, a stunning report in the British Medical Journal, written by a former editor of Ms. Magazine, argued that only a contrived medical consensus, not scientific evidence, props up wrongly named \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d for minors. That\u2019s the\u00a0protocol that starts with social transition, moves on to puberty blockers, then wrong-sex hormones, and finally surgery. The article pointed to disagreement within the medical community about how to best treat kids with gender dysphoria. Indeed, the publication of such an article, in a major medical journal, is itself evidence of such disagreement.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Two weeks earlier, Jamie Reed, a self-identified \u201cqueer socialist\u201d married to a \u201ctransman,\u201d blew the whistle on the work of the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital.\u202fShe confirmed what critics have long been saying: These treatments are uncontrolled experiments with children as subjects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Lupron    Consider Lupron.\u00a0First approved by the FDA to treat prostate cancer, doctors later used the drug\u00a0to chemically castrate sex offenders and stop early-onset puberty.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Today, it\u2019s the primary \u201coff-label\u201d drug used to \u201cblock\u201d puberty. Lupron stops the body\u2019s normal hormonal process, including the development of ovaries and testes, by \u201cblocking\u201d the brain\u2019s ability to communicate with the pituitary gland. The pituitary controls the release of hormones. Without it, the sex hormones can\u2019t direct puberty as they otherwise would.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Lupron\u2019s side effects are so severe that doctors tend not to prescribe it for even mild (non-metastatic) cases of prostate cancer. Would you be\u00a0shocked to learn it might not be great for young girls, either? In fact, after taking the drug, girls may\u00a0develop osteoporosis and osteopenia, problems that mostly afflict older women. Many doctors found that Lupron decreased minors\u2019 bone density so much that they could no longer recommend it.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Not Reversible\u00a0    Some gender-activist doctors will admit their guidance is not based on long-term studies. Rather, they claim it\u2019s based on expert consensus.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    But that consensus is highly stage-managed. Because of the known dangers and lack of long-term data, the Finnish, French, and Swedish governments have either banned or limited Lupron\u2019s use for minors. Similarly, the British National Health Service now urges caution, and argues most gender-confused minors are going through a \u201ctransient phase.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    The report in the British Medical Journal\u00a0shows this regimen for minors is not based on sound science. The Endocrine Society found that little evidence supports its own guidance regarding Lupron. The Swedish government confirms Lupron does not help these minors. In fact, it \u201cmay lead to a deteriorating of health and quality of life,\u201d and can cause irreversible harm.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    When used for minors with gender distress, over 95 percent will move on\u00a0to cross-sex hormones and never go through natural puberty. Even when puberty blockers are discontinued, their dangers to a child\u2019s development don\u2019t disappear. After all, no one can reverse time. It\u2019s no surprise New Zealand\u2019s ministry of health recently scrubbed the words \u201creversible\u201d from its online discussion of\u00a0puberty blockers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Jamie Reed\u2019s firsthand testimony is damning. Patients in Reed\u2019s clinic could access hormone blockers after only one meeting with a therapist. Some of these minors had severe mental illnesses that went untreated. Instead, they were fast-tracked with transgender drugs toward transition surgeries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    States Start to Respond    Fortunately, the word is getting out. Some states are now restricting these weapons in the \u201cgender-affirming\u201d arsenal. Since 2022, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Iowa have passed legislation to restrict Lupron as a puberty blocker. (Alabama and Arkansas\u2019 bans are on hold in federal district court.) Several more states will likely do so in the coming weeks. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Florida followed another path\u00a0to ban this use of Lupron. The state\u2019s medical boards reviewed the literature and found these transition procedures lacked a solid scientific basis. The legislature is now working to secure their boards\u2019 judgment in law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Other states should follow Florida\u2019s lead and pass health policies and laws\u00a0that follow scientific evidence, not the activists\u2019 spin. Until this happens, troubled children will continue to be sacrificed on the altar of toxic ideology.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t\t\t\t      Samuel Silvestro is a member of The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Young Leadership Program. Jay W. Richards is the director of Heritage\u2019s DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family.  \t\t\t\t\t       American Academy of PediatricsBrian KempBritish Medical JournalCarden Summerscross-gender hormonescross-sex hormonesFDAFDA approvalgender-activistgender-affirming careGov. Brian KemphormonesJamie ReedLupronMs. magazineNew Zealandprostate cancerSen. Carden SummersWashington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital     \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose a troubled teen girl \u201cidentifies\u201d as a boy and wants to change her body to match it. Most people balk at the thought of pumping her with testosterone or cutting off her healthy breasts. But many of these same people think using puberty blockers isn\u2019t so bad for even younger kids. 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