Thursday, 5 February 2009
Today's Battles
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/02/todays-battles.htmlAt MercatorNet, an article entitled:
Suppressing puberty with a view to sex-change surgery
No-one knows the potential side-effects of this experiment on young people.
True - the best data we have is only over 20 years, and with small sample sizes. There may be dangers we don't know about. But, as I commented...
An equally valid question though is "Do we know the long-term consequences of *not* providing this treatment?". And there we're on firmer ground. According to the best survey we have, by the Scottish Office in the UK, 50% will have attempted suicide by age 20. Figures for those that complete the act are less certain, but the best estimates we have are that at least 1 in 3 will die.
On to ConnectSavanah, and the question Can Hermaphrodites get pregnant?. This was answered extremely well, and my comment was limited to giving some URLs about Intersex conditions. And mentioning the case of a friend of mine, who has been known to read this blog.
