2024-10-14 17:17:45
Typically this surgery doesn’t take place before 18. In some rare exceptions, 16 or 17 year-olds have received gender-affirming surgeries in order to reduce the impacts of significant gender dysphoria, including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. However, this is limited. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-1-19) Author
2024-10-14 17:27:37
NNN - OP claims nothing about how wide-spread any practice is. You can debate the effect of such a ban in the comments. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(11-0-14) Author
2024-10-14 19:07:37
it is important to note that both bottom and top surgery are already illegal for those under 18 the only exception is if not having the surgery might endanger the child's life [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(66-0-17) Author
2024-10-15 13:50:38
Whether legal or not, according to insurance records, over 5000 children underwent gender transition surgeries between 2019 to 2023: [Link] Surgeries on minors was confirmed by a Reuters report in 2022, finding 56 instances of genital surgery and at least 776 mastectomies: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(9-2-8) Author
2024-10-15 20:38:23
Community Notes claiming “25 states allow gender-affirming care for minors” fail to realize this care includes hormones and puberty blockers and is not exclusively or primarily referring to surgery. Re: the Reuters study, the very article they link states it is extremely rare. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-0-2) Author