Can children be groomed to be gay or Trans

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I can't actually think of anything the mainstream medical community has changed due to pressure from the people's opinion. Everything I can think of, they were forced into by a law, like not doing abortions.

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I would say that fall off of doctor support for circumcision is due to public opinion.

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Arkansas is at the vanguard of a concerted effort by business lobbyists and Republican legislators to roll back federal and state regulations that have been in place for decades to protect children from abuse. Echoing that philosophy, bills are moving through at least nine other state legislatures that would expand work hours for children, lift restrictions on hazardous occupations, allow them to work in locations that serve alcohol, or lower the state minimum wage for minors. The Labor Department says there has been a 69 percent increase since 2018 in the illegal employment of children.

In February, the Department of Labor announced that it had discovered 102 teenagers working in hazardous conditions for a company that cleans meatpacking equipment at factories around the country, a violation of federal standards. The minors, ages 13 to 17, were working with dangerous chemicals and cleaning brisket saws and head splitters; three of them suffered injuries, including one with caustic burns.

Ten of those children worked in Arkansas, including six at a factory owned by the state’s second-largest private employer, Tyson Foods. Rather than taking immediate action to tighten standards and prevent further exploitation of children, Arkansas went the opposite direction. Earlier this month, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, signed legislation that would actually make it easier for companies to put children to work. The bill eliminated a requirement that children under 16 get a state work permit before being employed, a process that required them to verify their age and get the permission of a parent or guardian.

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Forget about minor trans surgery for a moment, and let's consider the concept that minors shouldn't be allowed to take risks with permission of their parents with a small risk of permanent possibly lifelong damage to some of them. Is this just as unethical? If we're going to apply that standard, I'm not sure why it isn't unethical.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/editorials/arkansas-child-labor.html

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Forget about minor trans surgery for a moment, and let's consider the concept that minors shouldn't be allowed to take risks with permission of their parents with a small risk of permanent possibly lifelong damage to some of them. Is this just as unethical? If we're going to apply that standard, I'm not sure why it isn't unethical.

[Arkansas drops permit requirement]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/editorials/arkansas-child-labor.html

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All child labor laws will still apply and we expect businesses to comply just as they are required to do now

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"California school district has settled a lawsuit with a mother who sued after finding out that the school had attempted to “transition” her daughter’s gender without informing her, awarding the mother $100,000.

As reported by the Daily Caller, Jessica Konen filed the lawsuit against the Spreckels Union School District after the school recruited her sixth-grade daughter, Alicia, into its “Equality Club.” This club subsequently taught the child about so-called “transgenderism,” and actively encouraged her to “transition” into a boy, providing her advice on how to keep the process a secret from her parents."

That must be fake news, the lefties on the forum say that parents are always part of the decision. Mind she was in grade 6 so I guess she was old enough to make her own decision on life changing surgery.

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I’m sure the Daily Caller is reporting all the facts and hasn’t injected their bigoted viewpoint at all into this story.