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GENITAL MUTILATION HAS BEEN UNIVERSALLY CONDEMNED. THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND AND POPULATION FUND, ACCORDING TO THE WHO IT IS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AS A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IT IS CONSIDERED PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS BECAUSE IT IS NEARLY ALWAYS CARRIED OUT ON MINORS AND CHILDREN. IT IS TYPICALLY NOT PERFORMED BY FORCE, BUT BY SOCIAL CONVENTION, SOCIAL NORM, THE SOCIAL PRESSURE TO CONFORM AND DO WHAT OTHERS DO AND HAVE BEEN DOING. AMERICAN CULTURE IS DOWN NORMALIZING THE IDEA THAT MINORS CAN BE GIVEN HORMONES. DR. LEVINE, YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THEM BEING GIVEN HORMONE BLOCKERS AND ALSO SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A CHILD'S GENITALIA. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PEDIATRICIANS REPORTS THAT 80% TO 95% OF PRE PUBERTY CHILDREN WITH GENDER DISFORYA WILL EXPERIENCE RESOLUTION BY LATE ADOLESCENCE IF NOT EXPOSED TO MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL AFFIRMATION. DO YOU BELIEVE MINORS ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING SUCH A LIFE CHANGING DECISION OF CHANGING ONE'S SEX.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS QUESTION. TRANSGENDER MEDICINE IS A VERY COMPLEX AND NUANCED FIELD WITH ROBUST RESEARCH AND STANDARDS OF CARE THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IF I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE CONFIRMED I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE AND COMING TO YOUR OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE PARTICULARS OF THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR TRANSGENDER MEDICINE.

THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT MINORS. DO YOU AGREE TO GIVING MINORS HORMONE BLOCKERS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GENITALIA. YOU WOULD JUST GO THROUGH THIS AND ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO A MINOR? I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE COMPASSION FOR KIRA BELL, A 23-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS CONFUSED WITH HER IDENTITY. AT 14 SHE RAN SOMETHING ABOUT TRANS TRANSSWUL TRANS TRANSSEXUALS. BUT NOW ULTIMATELY THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS NOW. THIS IS VERY INSIGHTFUL FROM SOMEONE THAT MADE A MISTAKE. I MADE A BRASH DECISION AS A TEENAGER WHEN A LOT OF TEENAGERS DO. TRYING TO FIND CONFIDENCE AND HAPPINESS. NOW THE REST OF MY LIFE WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED ADDING THAT THE MEDICALIZED GENDER TRANSITIONING WAS A TEMPORARY SUPER SUPERFICIAL. I'M ALARMED THAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM MAKING DECISIONS TO AMPUTATE THEIR BREASTS OR GENITALIA. WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT MINORS DO NOT HAVE FULL RIGHTS. WILL YOU MAKE A MORE FIRM DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT MINORS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THESE DECISIONS?

TRANSGENDER MEDICINE IS A VERY COMPLEX AND NUANCED FIELD AND IF CONFIRMED TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF HEALTH I WOULD CERTAIN I WILL BE PLEASED TO COME TO YOUR OFFICE AND TALK WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF ABOUT THE STANDARDS OF CARE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE FIELD.

LET IT GO INTO THE RECORD THAT THE WITNESS REFUSED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. SHOULD MINORS MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR MOST OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE WE WOULD NOT LET A CUT GET SEWN UP IN THE ER. YOU GIVE A WOMAN TESTOSTERONE. NONE OF THESE DRUGS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS. THEY'RE BEING USED OFF LABEL. THE LEFT THAT WENT CRAZY OVER DRUGS FOR MALARIA BEING USED FOR COVID COVID. THERE IS DOZENS OF PEOPLE THAT REGRET THAT THIS HAPPENED. IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND CHILDREN 14-YEAR-OLDS CANNOT MAKE THIS DECISION. IN ENGLAND 10% OF THE KIDS ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 10. WE SHOULD BE OUTRAGE THAT SOMEONE IS TALKING TO A 3-YEAR-OLD ABOUT CHANGING THEIR