The Endocrine Society’s last chance to protect children

It’s not too late to turn back. That’s what the Endocrine Society, one of North America’s most powerful medical institutions, must remember as its annual meeting occurs in Boston this week.

The society is one of the foremost advocates of aggressive, invasive, and irreversible “gender-affirming” treatments for children. For years, it has played a major role in lawsuits that have struck down state laws protecting children, and judges, politicians, physicians, and patients look to it for guidance. Yet recent developments should cause the Endocrine Society to reconsider its stance for the sake of children.

I say this as a longtime endocrinologist who attended the society’s 2023 meeting in Chicago. My peers and I have long acknowledged the weak evidence supporting “gender-affirming” treatments for children.

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