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OSV News) — A group of Catholic medical professionals is hailing recent remarks by U.S. plastic surgeons questioning surgical interventions for teens experiencing gender dysphoria.
The physician-led Catholic Medical Association — which represents some 2,600 health care professionals — stated in an Aug. 15 press release that it “applauds the recent statements from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons … regarding the treatment of gender dysphoria in adolescents.”
The article’s author, Manhattan Institute fellow Leor Sapir, quoted a July acknowledgment he had received from ASPS that “the existing evidence base (for the practice) is viewed as low quality/low certainty,” and that there is “considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy” of such procedures.
Sapir noted that “plastic surgeons are increasingly finding themselves in the hot seat of gender medicine lawsuits” filed by those seeking to reverse the interventions, with “at least seven” ASPS members named as defendants in close to two dozen lawsuits.
In 2017, one ASPS member performed a double mastectomy on a plaintiff who at the time was just 13 years old, and had received less than a total of two hours of evaluation from the surgeon and a psychologist — despite demonstrating a long history of mental and emotional distress, wrote Sapir, citing details from the legal complaint.
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The physician-led Catholic Medical Association — which represents some 2,600 health care professionals — stated in an Aug. 15 press release that it “applauds the recent statements from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons … regarding the treatment of gender dysphoria in adolescents.”
CMA’s support for ASPS statements on gender procedures
In an Aug. 12 article published by the Manhattan Institute’s quarterly City Journal, ASPS was cited extensively with regard to the performance of “chest and genital surgical interventions for the treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria.”The article’s author, Manhattan Institute fellow Leor Sapir, quoted a July acknowledgment he had received from ASPS that “the existing evidence base (for the practice) is viewed as low quality/low certainty,” and that there is “considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy” of such procedures.
Sapir noted that “plastic surgeons are increasingly finding themselves in the hot seat of gender medicine lawsuits” filed by those seeking to reverse the interventions, with “at least seven” ASPS members named as defendants in close to two dozen lawsuits.
In 2017, one ASPS member performed a double mastectomy on a plaintiff who at the time was just 13 years old, and had received less than a total of two hours of evaluation from the surgeon and a psychologist — despite demonstrating a long history of mental and emotional distress, wrote Sapir, citing details from the legal complaint.
Medical consensus and international trends
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Plastic surgeons raise concerns about gender surgeries for teens
The physician-led Catholic Medical Association -- which represents some 2,600 health care professionals -- stated in an Aug. 15 press release that it "applauds the recent statements from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons … regarding the treatment of gender dysphoria in adolescents."
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