April 2, 2020
For Immediate Release
For More Information: thecompassioncoalition@gmail.com
The Compassion Coalition calls for Moratorium on “Sex-Change” Operations, and Clarification on Therapy Bans
Erin Brewer, Miriam Ben-Shalom, Becky Gerritson, Lynn Meagher and Maria Keffler, founders of The Compassion Coalition, today called on the nation’s governors to halt what’s called “gender reassignment surgery” during the Coronavirus crisis.
The Compassion Coalition says the government has called for a moratorium on non-essential procedures to conserve medical resources. Sex-change operations clearly fall within this category. No one will be harmed by a delay here and it will give those contemplating such surgeries more time to contemplate what could be a life-altering event that they’ll later come to regret.
Trans activists have warned that some of the gender-confused will commit suicide if their operation is delayed. In a well researched study called this argument a red herring. “One study shows that those who’ve undergone a ‘sex-change’ operation are nearly 20 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.” (See below for link.)
A moratorium would help us to come to terms with the nature of gender- reassignment surgery. After the operation, patients have the same sex that they did before. These procedures change physical appearance, not DNA. Those who were born male or female will remain so till the end of their days, regardless of what they do to their bodies.
The answer to gender confusion is compassionate counseling (talk therapy), not facilitating a fraud. We are calling on governors to lift bans on such therapy, where they exist. These bans on so-called “conversion therapy” are often so broad that therapists fear just talking to gender-confused clients about their
For Immediate Release
For More Information: thecompassioncoalition@gmail.com
The Compassion Coalition calls for Moratorium on “Sex-Change” Operations, and Clarification on Therapy Bans
Erin Brewer, Miriam Ben-Shalom, Becky Gerritson, Lynn Meagher and Maria Keffler, founders of The Compassion Coalition, today called on the nation’s governors to halt what’s called “gender reassignment surgery” during the Coronavirus crisis.
The Compassion Coalition says the government has called for a moratorium on non-essential procedures to conserve medical resources. Sex-change operations clearly fall within this category. No one will be harmed by a delay here and it will give those contemplating such surgeries more time to contemplate what could be a life-altering event that they’ll later come to regret.
Trans activists have warned that some of the gender-confused will commit suicide if their operation is delayed. In a well researched study called this argument a red herring. “One study shows that those who’ve undergone a ‘sex-change’ operation are nearly 20 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.” (See below for link.)
A moratorium would help us to come to terms with the nature of gender- reassignment surgery. After the operation, patients have the same sex that they did before. These procedures change physical appearance, not DNA. Those who were born male or female will remain so till the end of their days, regardless of what they do to their bodies.
The answer to gender confusion is compassionate counseling (talk therapy), not facilitating a fraud. We are calling on governors to lift bans on such therapy, where they exist. These bans on so-called “conversion therapy” are often so broad that therapists fear just talking to gender-confused clients about their
thoughts, feelings, and beliefs related to their gender identity and require them to
affirm a client’s gender confusion.
The Compassion Coalition is a national group for those fighting to ban invasive, harmful, unproven medical interventions for gender confused children. Please remember this is a non-partisan group. Our goal is to support efforts around the nation and around the world to stop the medical abuse of children who identify as transgender.
For more information on The Compassion Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507342576879277/ https://thecompassioncoalition.blogspot.com/
Dhejne C, Lichtenstein P, Boman M, Johansson ALV, Långström N, Landén M (2011) Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16885. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016885
The Compassion Coalition is a national group for those fighting to ban invasive, harmful, unproven medical interventions for gender confused children. Please remember this is a non-partisan group. Our goal is to support efforts around the nation and around the world to stop the medical abuse of children who identify as transgender.
For more information on The Compassion Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507342576879277/ https://thecompassioncoalition.blogspot.com/
Dhejne C, Lichtenstein P, Boman M, Johansson ALV, Långström N, Landén M (2011) Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16885. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016885
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