This is embarrassing, but this was so good I am trembling.
My question is about policy. I actually agree with a point that Chris Christie made at one point, which is that it's a mistake to criminalize parents in an attempt to stop medicalization. Parents' authority and rights are so eroded that *any* assault on that will harm all parents.…
This is embarrassing, but this was so good I am trembling.
My question is about policy. I actually agree with a point that Chris Christie made at one point, which is that it's a mistake to criminalize parents in an attempt to stop medicalization. Parents' authority and rights are so eroded that *any* assault on that will harm all parents. My question is why can't just ban this as harmful for children (and maybe adults too). If a parent demanded that a doctor perform a lobotomy on their child would we do it? I don't know if it's strictly illegal but there is a hard line. Why can't we very specifically legislate that hard line. Why is there so much interest in being punitive with parents?
I feel that we need to have more detailed descriptions of the risks - laundry lists do not work. I was surprised to hear my adult kids didn't know what incontinence meant! Given that it affects 20-25% of those who undergo genital surgery, it seems like informed consent must be more descriptive maybe, "X% of patients who undergo this surgery experience long-term incontinence, which is an inability to control their bladder. This occurs because of scarring to the Y. They often face a lifetime of wearing diapers."
This is embarrassing, but this was so good I am trembling.
My question is about policy. I actually agree with a point that Chris Christie made at one point, which is that it's a mistake to criminalize parents in an attempt to stop medicalization. Parents' authority and rights are so eroded that *any* assault on that will harm all parents. My question is why can't just ban this as harmful for children (and maybe adults too). If a parent demanded that a doctor perform a lobotomy on their child would we do it? I don't know if it's strictly illegal but there is a hard line. Why can't we very specifically legislate that hard line. Why is there so much interest in being punitive with parents?
I feel that we need to have more detailed descriptions of the risks - laundry lists do not work. I was surprised to hear my adult kids didn't know what incontinence meant! Given that it affects 20-25% of those who undergo genital surgery, it seems like informed consent must be more descriptive maybe, "X% of patients who undergo this surgery experience long-term incontinence, which is an inability to control their bladder. This occurs because of scarring to the Y. They often face a lifetime of wearing diapers."