{"id":1976529,"date":"2023-07-18T17:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-ripped-after-arguing-hormones-help-children-avoid-wrong-puberty\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:47:51","slug":"rachel-levine-ripped-after-arguing-hormones-help-children-avoid-wrong-puberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-ripped-after-arguing-hormones-help-children-avoid-wrong-puberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Levine faces criticism for suggesting that hormone treatments can prevent children from experiencing the &#8220;wrong puberty.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Frachel-levine-ripped-after-arguing-hormones-help-children-avoid-wrong-puberty%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=1976529&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--><h2>Department of\u2062 Health and Human\u2064 Services Assistant Secretary Rachel\u200b Levine\u2063 Faces Backlash Over Hormone Therapy\u200c Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine\u2062 of the \u2062Department of Health \u200dand Human Services \u200cis \u2064facing criticism\u2063 after suggesting that hormone \u200ctherapy can be beneficial \u2064for \u2062children\u2062 experiencing the\u2063 challenges of\u200d going \u200bthrough the\u2064 &#8220;wrong \u2063puberty.&#8221; \u2064Levine, who\u2062 is a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-transgender-swimmers-post-fastest-split-times-at-ivy-league-championships\/\" title=\"Two Transgender Swimmers Post Fastest Split Times At Ivy League Championships\">biological male identifying<\/a> \u200cas\u200d female, made\u2064 this \u2062statement in\u200b response\u200d to\u200d questions about why children should \u200bnot have \u2062to\u2062 wait \u2064until they reach \u200c18 years\u2062 old\u2063 before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-levine-ripped-after-arguing-hormones-help-children-avoid-wrong-puberty\/\" title=\"Rachel Levine faces criticism for suggesting that hormone treatments can prevent children from experiencing the \"wrong puberty.\"\">making \u2063life-altering \u2063decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Adolescence and\u2062 Puberty:\u2064 A \u2062Difficult Journey<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Adolescence is hard and \u200bpuberty\u200c is \u2064hard,&#8221; Levine shared during an \u2062interview with\u200c Nightline\u2064 for\u200b their Identity\u200d Denied: \u2063Trans \u2063in\u2062 America series.\u200c &#8220;What if\u2064 you&#8217;re going \u200dthrough\u2064 the \u200bwrong\u200b puberty? \u200cWhat if\u200d you\u200c feel inside that you \u200dare\u2062 female, \u2062but your body \u200dis\u200c going through \u2062male puberty?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When\u2063 confronted \u200bwith concerns about the young age of minors, \u2064Levine, formerly known \u200cas Richard, attempted\u200c to emphasize that no\u200c permanent medical \u2063procedures\u2064 are \u2062performed on prepubertal\u200b children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200c want to\u2062 make it \u200cclear that, for prepubertal children, \u2062there are \u200bno \u2063medical procedures done,&#8221;\u2064 Levine clarified.\u2063 &#8220;The standard \u200dof care\u200c allows them\u2062 to \u2062explore their gender\u2064 identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Levine&#8217;s remarks\u200c sparked a wave of criticism \u2063on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;During\u2063 my adolescent \u200cyears, I was considered\u200c a tomboy,&#8221; expressed \u2062one female\u200c Twitter user. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t interested\u200b in \u2062traditionally feminine activities.\u2063 I preferred biking, \u2064fishing,\u200b hiking, and \u2064playing \u200bmusic. \u200dI \u200cnaturally grew into my womanhood as the years went by.\u2063 I&#8217;m \u2062grateful that no one persuaded me to \u2064take puberty\u200c blockers!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another tweet raised\u200c an\u2062 important\u200c question: &#8220;What\u2062 if you \u200dtransition solely \u2062based on a &#8216;feeling,&#8217;\u2064 and then that \u200c&#8217;feeling&#8217;\u2064 disappears? \u2063You\u200b would\u2062 be \u200bleft with irreversible\u2062 changes to\u2062 your \u2062body and a \u200dlifetime of regret.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is\u200d evident\u200b that\u2063 puberty is a challenging\u2062 phase \u200dfor\u200d many individuals, as acknowledged by\u2063 one \u200bsocial media\u2063 user:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Puberty\u200b is \u2064undeniably difficult, which \u200cis\u200b why the \u200dlast thing \u2063children need is\u200b adults pressuring \u2064them into \u2062making\u200d life-altering \u200ddecisions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Levine&#8217;s comments \u2062come amidst a movement to\u2062 expand Pride celebrations beyond the month of \u2062June,\u200b with some advocating for\u2064 a \u200d&#8217;Summer of Pride&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here\u200d to\u200d read \u200dmore from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine faces criticism for suggesting hormone therapy as a support for children experiencing a &#8220;wrong puberty.&#8221; Levine, a transgender woman, made the remark when questioned about the age requirement for life-altering decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}