America's leading pediatricians have sparked controversy after suggesting that it is child abuse to deny gender-affirming care to minors. The influential American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said that ‘withholding [gender-affirming care] is harmful to children and amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse.’The AAP made the claim in a consensus statement published in late December and the declaration was in response on puberty-blocking drugs and surgeries for children in Republican states.
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