Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition to defend against a challenge to Arkansas’ law that stops experimentation on children experiencing gender dysphoria. In the scientific community, the general consensus has been that more research is needed before providing children with potentially irreversible “gender-affirming care,” such as providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgical interventions. Multiple studies show that most childhood gender-identity issues resolve naturally with time, and that it is impossible to know ahead of time which child’s symptoms may persist into adulthood, warranting further treatment. The medical evidence also shows that nearly all children whose gender dysphoria is treated with puberty blockers to “buy […]
