The nation’s leading physicians’ organization walked back its recent statements questioning the safety of gender transition surgeries for teenagers, intensifying the sharp policy debate over treatments for transgender-identifying minors.
The American Medical Association, which advises more than 270,000 doctors on best practices, backpedaled Thursday in its monthly newsletter on its February statement questioning the scientific evidence to support gender-related surgeries for teenagers struggling with gender dysphoria.
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