Blocking Puberty in Transgendered Children Unethical

Blocking Puberty in Transgendered Children Unethical
A transgender individual shows a testosterone ampoule at a hospital in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 8, 2020. Claudio Reyes/AFP via Getty Images
Wesley J. Smith
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When I was a little boy—beginning at age 3 or 4—I played a game with my mother. I would put one of her shawls over my head and say to her in a high-pitched voice, “I’m a little old lady!” Mom would play along, and we would have a few-minute conversation about my pretend life as an elderly woman.

Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
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Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”
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