Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Rachel Levine is facing backlash for claiming in a recent interview that children can undergo the “wrong puberty.”
Levine, a “transgender woman” and staunch trans advocate, offered the bizarre theory during an ABC News interview recorded last week.
The relevant portion of the interview began with interviewer Juju Chang asking, “What would you say to folks who think that they’re being reasonable by saying why can’t children just wait until they’re 18?”
Levine replied by claiming that if a child “feels” like they’re the wrong gender, then they should be allowed to change their gender right away.
“Adolescence is hard and puberty is hard. What if you’re going through the wrong puberty? What if inside you feel that you are female but now you’re going through a male puberty?” the secretary said.
It’s not included in the clip above, but Chang followed up by saying, “The argument is they’re too young to know.”
“I want to make it clear that for prepubescent children, there are no medical procedures done. The standard of care allows them to explore that with therapy,” Levine replied.
The reactions to the remarks were swift and deafening, with critics rushing forth from all directions to castigate Levine for making such a “delusional” argument.
“No one can go through ‘the wrong puberty.’ Woke bureaucrats are lying to our children and trying to destroy our country. We must fight back,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a current presidential candidate, tweeted.
“Yes, what if you’re going through the wrong puberty? Also, what if you have the wrong liver or the wrong left kneecap? What if you have the wrong eye color? What if you have the wrong DNA? These and many other questions make sense if you’re a delusional schizophrenic,” conservative radio show host Matt Walsh added.
See more responses below:
How can a person feel they are in the wrong body when all they know is the body they have? Can a person born blind describe the color red? The pain is real and it has reasons, none of the reasons can be ‘wrong body.’
— سعيد محمد بن زقرSaeid M Binzagr (@sbinzagr) July 19, 2023
There is only one right puberty: the one that comes naturally when a human develops into a physically healthy, most-likely fertile adult without long-term medical problems as a result of blockers and cross-sex hormones.
— Jackie Dee (@jfabby) July 17, 2023
There is no thing as “gender affirming care”. There is only sexual mutilation and body morphing of boys and girls and the fueling of mental delusions by irresponsible adults. In the future we will see the broken hollow shells of our children.
— Allan (@welcometoallan) July 14, 2023
I was considered a tomboy during my adolescent years. I was not interested in girl things, I would rather bike, fish, hike and play music. I grew into my womanhood as the years passed. So glad no one convinced me to take puberty blockers!
— VALERIE SMITH (@valerievalpal) July 17, 2023
What if you are going through the right puberty but a bunch of adult’s are telling you that you are not and lying to you that you can change your sex? What happens to those adults who are lying to the children? All you have to do is listen to detransitioners.
— Buck Angel® Transsexual (@BuckAngel) July 17, 2023
What a disgrace to medicine.
This is why people have lost confidence in any government agency, science, and medical professionals.
You can’t “think” yourself into another gender.
— Diana Heard (@PatriotCitzen) July 17, 2023
Some critics were also quick to point out to Levine that virtually all of Europe is trending in the other direction when it comes to so-called “gender-affirming care.”
“A growing number of countries, including some of the most progressive in Europe, are rejecting the U.S. ‘gender-affirming’ model of care for transgender-identified youth. These countries have adopted a far more restrictive and cautious approach, one that prioritizes psychotherapy and reserves hormonal interventions for extreme cases,” The Hill reported last month.
The Hill further noted that unlike U.S.-based medical groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), European health authorities “are recommending exploratory therapy to discern why teens are rejecting their bodies and whether less invasive treatments may help.”
The complete opposite is happening here, with U.S. medical officials automatically accepting whatever gender narrative that young children relay to them.
Indeed, in a separate interview recorded last month, Levine argued that the government should have no say in whether or not children may receive “gender-affirming care.”
He also attacked the European-like laws being enacted by GOP governors to stop the proliferation of “gender-affirming care.”
“These politically and ideologically motivated laws and actions are harming youth, particularly transgender youth, their families, and even their providers who are under siege in many parts of this country,” Levine said.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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