Popular psychologist and television host Dr. Phil McGraw called out the American Medical Association and others for driving the “gender-affirming care” narrative.
In a discussion with podcast host Joe Rogan, McGraw wondered what happened to the commitment by healthcare professionals to “first do no harm” as he leveled a scathing rebuke of the medical industry for pushing gender surgeries for minors.
“It’s interesting they choose words like ‘gender-affirming care.’ You know, that’s interesting that they call it that, but really what they’re talking about is hormonal therapy or sex reassignment surgery on children,” McGraw said on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“And, in fairness, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Endocrine Society or whatever the exact name of that is – all of the major medical associations have signed off on this, Joe. They signed off on it,” he added.
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“I have never seen those organizations sign off on anything with less information as to whether or not it does long-term harm, of anything in my life. When I asked about that, when I bring that up, then they immediately label you as transphobic,” he continued, adding, “And I thought that the deal was first ‘do no harm.'”
McGraw discussed how children are not old enough to make life-altering decisions and noted how some countries could not say “in good conscience” whether the surgeries are harmful to the children in the long run and have opted to ban them.
“If you look at the long-term consequences if someone changes their mind at 10, 11,12, 13 years old – they can’t decide which pajamas they want to wear at night,” McGraw argued.
“And their reason for doing it is, it stops this drive for suicide – that there’s a suicide epidemic,” he continued, contending that it “doesn’t fix that.”
“It doesn’t fix all the comorbid issues that come along with feeling like they’re in the wrong body, but yet they’re pushing this,” the psychologist added. “We’re going to do some shows, that are already taped, that are revealing what the real results of this are and I think people are going to be shocked that these medical organizations have signed off on this. I think they’ve just given in to the pressure.”
Rogan wondered where the pressure is coming from.
“Another phrase they’re using now is ‘life-saving gender-affirming care.’ They like to smash them all together like that,” he noted.
McGraw pointed to the “social contagion effect” of having social media amplify the agenda of activists, having everyone jump on the “bandwagon” without understanding that “they’ve done things that can’t be reversed.”
“I think that’s really tragic,” he said.
In January, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a document that did not issue any guidance on “gender affirming care” for children as the science on the long-term effects was “limited and variable.”
“The scope will cover adults only and not address the needs of children and adolescents, because on review, the evidence base for children and adolescents is limited and variable regarding the longer-term outcomes of gender affirming care for children and adolescents,” the document stated.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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