FOTF: The Endocrine Society "Entered Into Ethical Bankruptcy" Over Treatment Of

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FOTF: The Endocrine Society "Entered Into Ethical Bankruptcy" Over Treatment Of Transyouth

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Autumn Sandeen
Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 14:00:00 PM EST

CitizenLink / Focus On The Family posted a piece commenting on a draft update of The Endocrine Society's Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. In The Endocrine Society's draft update, the organization proposed the following:

We recommend that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to suppress pubertal development.