PANEL 1: What Gender-Affirming Care Really Involves | Dr. Michelle Stanford
2025 Rocky Mountain Summit: Medical, Legal, and Policy Perspective Panel
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What exactly is “gender-affirming care” for children? In this opening panel, Dr. Stanford outlines the full medical pathway—from social transition to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries like double mastectomies and genital reconstruction. Dr. Sapir explains how these interventions entered pediatric practice without strong scientific evidence and were framed as human rights to shield them from scrutiny. This segment lays the groundwork for understanding what’s really happening in clinics across the country—and why parents should be concerned.
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