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  13.  @davidkramp1829  I think that you're saying that an adult should have the right to transition to the opposite sex if they want to. However, what if I'm a doctor and I believe that my patient may NOT be transgender but suffering from other mental health issues, like autism or emotional issues stemming from sexual or violent trauma? Should I be FORCED to perform the surgery, anyway, or to even affirm that my patient's ONLY problem is his gender identity and that surgery is the ONLY solution? That's what's happening now. If a doctor or medical professional does NOT affirm a patient's self diagnosis or gender dysphoria, he could lose his medical licence and face other disciplinary measures. How is FORCED diagnosis, from a medical board, who hasn't even SEEN the patient, giving doctors the freedom to practise medicine using science and conscience as their guide? Sometimes the worst person to give medical freedom to is the patient. That's where a doctor of conscience should be able to say, to his/her patient, that they need deeper psychoanalytical therapy. Transgenderism is the ONLY medical field in which the patient pronounces their own diagnosis. Every other medical requires the relating of symptoms to the doctor, a barrage of medical tests and professional therapy if required. ONLY transgender medicine allows the patient to be the doctor. If I can't diagnosis myself with a brain tumour and demand surgery, how can I diagnosis myself with gender dysphoria and demand surgery. It doesn't make sense.
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  14.  @davidkramp1829  So, you start out asking about freedom, nothing else and I'm supposed to know what it is you're talking about. However, you want to talk about hypotheticals and forget about the reality of the moment. Well, you're not going to get a definitive yes or no because it's too complex an issue to address it a monosyllabic response. I addressed some of the issues in my previous response. I think that the patient has the right to the best medical advice and treatment possible. That's NOT affirming their gender dysphoria on demand and then being forced to perform surgery when it may not be the best medical option for the individual. Surgery should be the last resort, not mandated as a knee jerk solution to ALL gender diagnosis offered. That's the reality of what's happening now. A person, with severe emotional problems, can demand surgery when it's not the best course for them to take. To acquiesce to those demands might even constitute malpractice if the patient's problems are multiple. We'd better sort that out before so we understand better what we're doing and what consequences are involved when surgery is a customer demand and not medically required. When it's cut one and cut all, that's a dangerous route to take. If it is the best way, then we'd better ensure that we have solid criteria in which to formulate such a life altering decision. I will say that there should be no transgender surgery for minors. The young are just too uncertain of their place in life to do that.
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