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No, children should not be allowed to make irreversible life decisions

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 @B2GCCL6 from Guam  disagreed…1yr1Y

Well, its not just the children making these decisions, it is made between the child, their parents and their doctor after several years of councillin.

 @BCL5J8YFamily Firstdisagreed…1mo1MO

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Australia currently operates on the "informed consent" model - ie, no diagnosis, no gatekeeping. This is presented as a good thing in the official materials:

"Informed consent recognises the trans person as the experts of their own needs and experience, while respecting that medical professional(s) can

utilise their expertise to enable effective and safe treatment. Together, they can optimise the health and wellbeing of the person requiring access to

gender affirming treatment in a timely manner. All doctors can be a gender affirming doctor. ... A ‘gender assessment’…  Read more

 @B9XFBZPagreed…3mos3MO

Children cannot consent to tattoos, sex and other serious decisions. They also cannot drive, drink, smoke, vote or take drugs under the law.

 @BCXYBXXdisagreed…4wks4W

Not all gender transition treatments are completely irreversible, at least in the sense that irreversible means there are markable side effect that remains when reversed.

 @B4VKVGFdisagreed…1yr1Y

Years 11 and 12 of school exist

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