[libertylover]

Last week, physician Cody Miller Pyke assured Texas state senators that “children under the age of eighteen in this country do not have gender reassignment surgery. There isn’t a single case. . . . The rhetoric of mutilating children with scalpels is just fictitious.” Louis Apel, president of the local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Jessica Zwiener, a Houston-based endocrinologist, testified that “surgeries are not part of the standard of care for minors.” Zwiener also insisted that “[n]o one is touching these kids’ genitals. There’s not surgery done on minors.”

So, why oppose the bill?

[Brian Griffin]

from google:

“Center for Gender Surgery Program

Boston Children’s Hospital
https://www.childrenshospital.org › Programs
The Center for Gender Surgery offers gender affirmation surgery services to eligible adolescents and young adults. Learn more from Boston Children’s ...”

clicking on the link gets:

“All genital surgeries are only performed on patients age 18 and older.”

[Brian Griffin]

“Genital surgery should not be carried out until (i) patients reach the legal age of majority in a given
country, and (ii) patients have lived continuously for at least 12 months in the gender role that is congruent with their gender identity. The age threshold should be seen as a minimum criterion and not an indication in and of itself for active intervention.

“Chest surgery in FtM patients could be carried out earlier, preferably after ample time of living in the desired gender role and after one year of testosterone treatment
....
However, different approaches may be more suitable, depending on an adolescent’s specific clinical situation and goals for gender identity expression.”

https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/SOC%20v7/SOC%20V7_English.pdf