French Senators want to ban gender transition treatments for
under-18s, after a report described sex reassignment in minors as
potentially “one of the greatest ethical scandals in the history of medicine”.
The report, commissioned by the opposition centre-Right Les
Republicains (LR) party, documents various practices by health
professionals, which it claims are indoctrinated by a
“trans-affirmative” ideology under the sway of experienced
trans-activist associations.
The report, which cites a “tense scientific and medical debate”,
accuses such associations of encouraging gender transition in minors
via intense propaganda campaigns on social media.
Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio, an LR senator who led the working group
behind the report, concluded that “fashion plays a big role” in the
rise of gender reassignment treatments.
If this factor and the risks involved are underestimated, she added,
“the sexual transition of young people will be considered as one of
the greatest ethical scandals in the history of medicine”.
LR senators now want to table a Bill by the summer that would
effectively ban the medical transition of minors in France by halting
the prescription or administration of puberty blockers and hormones to
people under the age of 18.
Sex reassignment surgery could also be banned for minors.
welcome this return to reason.”
Maud Vasselle, a mother whose daughter underwent gender transition
her body altered.
“My daughter just needed the certificate of a psychiatrist, which she obtained after a one-hour consultation. But doctors don’t explain the consequences of puberty blockers,” she added.
“My daughter didn’t realise that life wasn’t going to be so easy with all these treatments... She was a brilliant little girl but now she’s failing at school. And she is far from having found the solution to
her problems.”
Shocking and ideological
Transgender activists and certain health professionals expressed alarm
at the report.
Clément Moreau, the clinical psychologist and coordinator of the
mental health unit of the association Espace Santé Trans (Trans Health Space), said the report was “shocking” and called the move “ideological”.
“Using blockers if necessary or hormones before coming of age reduces
the rate of suicidality, depression and anxiety,” he added.
The French report comes after the NHS banned children from receiving
puberty blockers on prescription earlier this month.
France’s health regulation body, the Haute Autorité de Santé, was
already examining a similar move.
The LR senators want to accelerate the process following the report.
Citing British, Swedish and American studies, the report said that the
number of children identifying themselves as trans has exploded over
the past decade.
One hospital in Paris receives around 40 new requests from minors
every year, with 16 per cent of those under the age of 12 and the
report points out that many suffer from other issues.
A quarter of the children seen at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital for gender dysphoria have dropped out of school, 42 per cent have beenrepublicai
victims of harassment, and 61 per cent have experienced an episode of depression. One in five has attempted suicide.
Their conclusions are in line with those of British experts called in
to investigate London’s Tavistock clinic over its use of mass gender reassignment surgery on minors.
David Bell. a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, found that a
third of the children consulted at the Tavistock suffered from
autistic disorders, and many were victims of family violence or had difficulty in accepting or expressing homosexuality, yet they were
rushed into gender transition regardless.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/23/french-les-
ns- medical-report-sex-reassignment/
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