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by altacc 1157 days ago
Risks are comparative, moral panic is not and ignores this. Banning something because it is not 100% harmless is just not something that is done without extra considerations, such as a moralizing. E.g. Pain killers cause significantly more societal harm than puberty blockers but are still widely available.

As to the real risks, time and again it has been shown that the comparative risks of a) receiving puberty blockers vs b) growing up a gender you do not feel you are, strongly points to puberty blockers being a significant net benefit. Those taking puberty blockers rarely regret it; whereas those growing up a gender they do not identify with mostly regret it are are significantly more prone to abuse, mental health issues and suicide.
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transcoderx 1157 days ago
No it hasn't been shown time and time again. Look into the actual studies, and not just into the ones the trans lobby presents.

The issue here is manipulation of children. If children were fed tons of harmful pain blockers, there would be a "panic", too.

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zrail 1157 days ago
Kids get fed mountains of acetaminophen every year. Why do you suppose that acetaminophen packages have prominent warnings about not exceeding dosages?

It's because acetaminophen is extremely hepatotoxic at levels not very far above the recommended dosages.

> Hepatic injury and subsequent hepatic failure due to both intentional and non-intentional overdose of acetaminophen (APAP) has affected patients for decades, and [...] remains a global issue; in the United States, in particular, it accounts for more than 50% of overdose-related acute liver failure and approximately 20% of the liver transplant cases.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913076/

I would assert that acetaminophen is far more likely to be dangerous to far more children than puberty blockers and yet I don't see any moral panic over children's Tylenol.

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transcoderx 1156 days ago
Are you saying doctors routinely overprescripe Tylenol, but they never err when they prescribe puberty blockers? Because of science?
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transcoderx 1156 days ago
Do you know of many cases of children being mutilated for life from Tylenol? Also your assertion is just a wild guess.
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themitigating 1156 days ago
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3383545/
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transcoderx 1156 days ago
That appears to be one single case.
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themitigating 1156 days ago
I realize that people like you on the right have the sole purpose of wasting time.

https://chiro.org/pediatrics/ABSTRACTS/Acetaminophen.shtml

Is that enough? And by the way this is a higher rate the abortion pill that was banned.

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