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Gender
There is no question that gender issues are complex, especially in today’s culture. However, healthcare professionals are committed to caring for all patients with dignity and respect. Protecting the freedom of healthcare professionals to exercise medical judgment and conscience convictions is essential to providing the best and safest care for patients, especially when it comes to gender issues.
“Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual characteristics. The naming of gender as a category set apart from sex is an idea foreign to the holistic view of the person as understood within Christianity. Christians affirm the biblical understanding of humankind as having been created male and female, with the two sexes having equal dignity and a complementary relationship to each other.
At the heart of disagreement over transgenderism is a difference in worldviews. If the human body is nothing more than the product of mindless, random, purposeless physical forces, then one may do with it what one wishes, even to demand medical and surgical cooperation in projects to alter, amputate or reconstruct normal tissue to conform to the patient’s revised psychological sense of identity. If, on the other hand, our bodies are an inseparable aspect of our true selves and are a good gift from God, who has designed the sexes to be wonderfully paired, and who has a purpose for humanity, then respecting the gift of given sexual identity and the ensuing moral obligations to our neighbors is the surest path to human flourishing.
We believe healthcare professionals should not be forced to violate their conscientious commitment to their patients’ health and welfare by being required to accept and participate in harmful gender-transition interventions, especially on the young and vulnerable. We affirm the obligation of Christian healthcare professionals caring for patients struggling with gender identity to do so with sensitivity and compassion, consistent with the humility and love that Jesus modeled and commanded us to show all people.
Fact Sheets & Ethics Statements
Regretting Transition for Gender Dysphoria
Gender
Gender Dysphoria Fact Sheet
Gender
The Cass Review: Final Report
Gender
Bills We're Tracking
Commentary
Scientific Evidence Versus Ideology
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) positions itself as a leader in scientific knowledge; however, this commitment seem to falter when it comes to care for transgender patients. Is it because ACOG’s focus is not on scientific evidence but primarily on ideology? Their committee opinion on transgender care is filled with nonscientific assertions.
“Nature” Does a Face Plant: Promoting the Transgender Suicide Myth
What if an original research paper published in a respected international scientific journal declared that keeping men out of women’s sports or banning the gender transitioning of minors caused an increase in suicide attempts among transgender youth? Wouldn’t you expect them to show actual evidence of an increase? Well, you ought. But they didn’t.
Social Transitioning is Neither Neutral nor Benign
Of the four levels of so-called gender transitioning for gender dysphoria or incongruence in minors—social, puberty blocking, cross-sex (wrong-sex) hormones and surgery—social transition is by far the easiest to engage: namely, as soon as one chooses to do so. It’s no more complicated than changing choices of presentation (clothing, makeup and so forth) and/or name. In certain states, such as mine of California, it is enforced by the power of the law with repercussions for parents and schools that fail to comply. It is said to be protective, helpful and even lifesaving. However, it is not, and lawsuits are being filed to oppose this harm to children, families and communities.
External Resources
Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine
We propose that, in view of the current dearth of evidence, the application of the model to children, adolescents, and young adults is unjustified outside of research settings. Further, patients, families, and clinicians cannot make fully informed healthcare decisions without knowing the likely benefits and harms of the various interventions and without appreciating the full extent of the unknowns.
Human Identity is Constantly Challenged in Our Modern World
Identity Politics Can Be a War of Words. We’re Restoring the Conversation into a Fully Christian Worldview. There are Godly reasons behind your beliefs about gender, sexuality, and marriage. Be empowered to share the truth about human identity through words and actions.
Doctors Protecting Children Declaration
As of July 2024, there are 26 states that have enacted legislation protecting minors from transgender interventions. The majority of laws protect minors from the harms of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries. A few states have narrower regulations. The protective laws have been temporarily or permanently blocked by judges in six states, and the attorney general has refused to enforce the law in one.
Protecting Minors from Transgender Interventions
As of July 2024, there are 26 states that have enacted legislation protecting minors from transgender interventions. The majority of laws protect minors from the harms of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries. A few states have narrower regulations. The protective laws have been temporarily or permanently blocked by judges in six states, and the attorney general has refused to enforce the law in one.
The Trans Youth Phenomenon: Critiques & Hard Questions
Gender dysphoria has garnered a lot of attention over the last few years. Understandably, many prefer to shy away from the uncomfortable nature of the issue out of fear of ostracization, offending, or simple indifference. However, there are lingering questions, the most peculiar of which concern minors with gender dysphoria.
I Work in Healthcare. Can I Call Patients ‘Pregnant People’?
At my job, I deal with maternal and child health, and one of the trends is calling pregnant women “pregnant people.” Thus far, I’ve tried to use the “pregnant women” terminology as much as I’m able and avoided using “pregnant people.” However, there’s increasing pressure to change the terminology. If I do, is this a violation of what I stand for as a Christian? I’ve been trying to search for some biblical passages to help guide my thinking on this matter.
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