An Obama-appointed federal district court judge in Arkansas, District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr., struck down Arkansas's ban on "Gender transition procedures" performed on any individual under eighteen years of age.
Transgender activists refer to gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers, hormonal therapy, and gender reassignment surgery, as "Gender-affirming" medical care.
Judge Moody drew an arbitrary line when it comes to allowing states to use their reserved powers to regulate, or in Arkansas's case to ban, gender transition medical procedures performed on minors.
Judge Moody based his decision on the fallacious premise that "The State has failed to prove that gender-affirming care for minors with gender dysphoria is ineffective or riskier than other medical care provided to minors."
"In essence, progressively the message emanating from European gender experts is that until there is reliable long-term evidence that the benefits of youth gender transition outweigh the risks, it is prudent to limit most medical interventions to rigorous clinical research settings."
Arkansas's law that Judge Moody arbitrarily struck down was designed to protect vulnerable minors from gender transition medical interventions for these very reasons.
Gender transition medical practitioners, gender clinics, and big pharma are pushing their over-hyped medical panaceas without solid science to back up their claims.
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