The New York Times has an alarming article today about the movement to push sex change operations at earlier and earlier ages. It contains this detail:
If Oregon’s political leadership thinks that 15-year-olds are so capable of making monumental decisions like getting sex reassignment surgery all on their own that they’re willing make taxpayers pay for it regardless of what parents or guardians think, why do the myriad of other age related restrictions remain in place? Surely someone mature enough to avoid impulse decisions that could wreck their life and make responsible health related decisions about surgery and hormone therapy is capable of making responsible decisons about consuming beer, right? And shouldn’t we lower the driving age and the age of consent while we’re at it?
