Rand Paul questions Dr. Rachel Levine on puberty blockers for minors with gender dysphoria

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  1. Bluesguy

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    They are intertwined. Dodged noted.

    The American citizens deserve an answer don't you agree?
     
  2. Bluesguy

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    No answer is no acceptable and then only answer which would require a non-answer would be one in support of those measures which he has indicated he supports.
     
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    So what? He he was not speaking as a quack here the only quack in attendance was the person up for confirmation who would not answer a simple POLICY question, a POLICY that he may be required to issue government positions and enforcements. He REFUSED to answer. Well then pack your bags and go home.

    But if we do take your position and criticism here then every member on the committee who is not a physician specializing in transgender medicine should be barred from asking policy questions.
     
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    Or something more nuanced to avoid another dishonest RW edited video.
     
  5. Bluesguy

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    No a STRAIGHT answer as we the citizens deserve. Not as during his testimony when all he had was the scripted canned response KNOWING the question would be coming.

    What happened to transparency?
     
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    What the hell are you talking about? The health system IS government.
     
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    Except you KNOW that he's a biological man.
     
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    So do you think that surgical sex change is acceptable on children?
     
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    So what?
     
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    So why use "her?"
     
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    So you're also only against Female Genital Mutilation for kids?
     
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    I think we should ban all sexual mutilation of children including circumcision (male or female)

    they can choose when there are old enough to have children or choose not too

    republicans, what age is a child old enough to have a child and become a mom?
     
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    Why not?
     
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    I’m against unwanted mutilation at any age
     
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    So then anything that someone WANTS, they should be able to get?
     
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    Because he's not a "she."
     
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    I don’t know about “anything”, but it’s not hurting anyone so who cares?
     
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    No.
     
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    If it is mutilation, then so is every other surgical operation that removes or changes part of a person's body. Skin graft? Mutilation. Removal of an organ or tissue due to cancer? Mutilation. Cosmetic reconstruction? Mutilation.

    The term mutilation is used when refering to gender-affirming surgery specifically to evoke a negative reaction.
     
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    In no way are the two intertwined. That is a ridiculous assertion.
     
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    Not at all. Anyone who is educated on the subject and takes a reasonable approach is welcome. Rand Paul mixing up genital mutilation with puberty blockers is disingenuous. Relaying a story about an adult who received sex change operations as an adult in the way he did is disgusting. The way he told it the woman found something about transgenders on the internet at 14, walked into a doctor's office and ordered up surgery.
     
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    What are you claiming is a resonable approach? And yes the drug therapies and mutilations go hand in hand. Stories are related as a matter of course in such hearings.

    Why are you defending this guys refusal to give a straight answer to an important question about the policies he supports or does does not?
     
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    Of course they are and your denial is a ridiculous assertion and you keep dodging the issue here. The guy refused to give a straight answer to the American people he will serve and instead a scripted canned dodge. His name should be withdrawn for that reason.
     
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    Please tell me how you think female genital mutilation in the Sudan are related to giving a teen puberty blockers under medical care.
     
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    Who are these "minors" mentioned in the OP? Don't they know gender is a social construct?
     

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