Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Brave New World: Kids Need Puberty Blockers Until They Can Decide Gender?

14 Dec 2020 · 2 min

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In this commentary, the speaker examines and challenges a recent statement by transgender activist Lauren McNamara (Zinnia Jones) who advocated that all children should be placed on puberty blockers until they can decide their gender. The speaker quotes McNamara’s Twitter argument that children already consent to the irreversible changes of puberty without professional evaluation, and therefore should be allowed to consent to puberty blockers, which pause those changes. The speaker questions the logical consistency of this claim, highlighting the paradox of requiring consent for a reversible medical intervention while allowing irreversible natural changes without oversight. The monologue adopts a skeptical tone, implying that such ideas could eventually be incorporated into school curricula, and expresses concern over the scientific and policy implications.

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Transgender activist says all children should be put on puberty blockers until they can decide their gender. A popular transgender activist recently called for all children to be put on puberty blockers until they are able to decide which gender they want to be. Lauren McNamara, known by followers as Zinnia Jones, argued earlier this month that children should be legally able to consent to the administration of puberty blockers since they already de facto consent to the, quote, permanent and irreversible changes that come naturally through puberty. If children can't consent to puberty blockers, which pause any permanent changes, even with the relevant professional evaluation, how can they consent to the permanent and irreversible changes that come with their own puberty with no professional evaluation whatsoever? She wrote on Twitter. Did you follow that? I don't know if you followed it. You have a very fine mind. It's so convoluted. If children cannot consent to puberty blockers, which pause any permanent changes, even with the relevant professional evaluation, how can they consent to the permanent and irreversible changes that come with their own puberty? I get it, but they're, they're pro-science. Okay, I, uh, how long will it be till that's taught at school?