Child psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health that child transgender procedures present a significant risk of harm.
“There is no evidence of long-term benefit, but there is evidence of harm,” Grossman told lawmakers.
“There’s a debate. There’s a fierce debate,” she stated. “Our precious tax dollars should not support such a perilous experiment.”
Grossman added, “Sex is not assigned at birth. Sex is established at conception, and it’s recognized at birth if not earlier.”
“To claim that sex is assigned at birth is without any scientific basis whatsoever. Its language misleads people, especially children, into thinking that male and female are arbitrary designations and can change.”
Reporting from The Daily Wire:
Finland, Sweden, and Norway have all pumped the brakes on prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for trans-identifying children. Sweden implemented restrictions after a 14-year-old girl on puberty blockers developed osteoporosis and spinal fractures. ... These countries have concluded that “kids don’t need their development interrupted, the girls don’t need their period stopped and their voices lowered, and the boys don’t need to grow breasts,” Grossman said. “What they need is psychotherapy.”
